There was Yo-Yo, pacing restlessly, smoking one of those Winstons allegedly purchased for his mother. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death . No executions have been carried out because of legal appeals and a tradition of liberalism in the state's supreme court. Ippolito Gonzalez of the Franklin . Ambrose Harris, 68, died Tuesday at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, the state Department of Corrections said. If you Google the words 'Robert Mudman Simon' or type them into the archives of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, links to hundreds of articles magically appear. He fell and hit his head on a metal table. March 3 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Britain responded to a home to rescue a horse that had fallen into its owner's swimming pool and was unable to get itself out. The former was out on parole in 1995 after spending more than a decade behind bars in Pennsylvania. Read more. His mother smoked about as often as mine did, which was never. Mudman met Squirt Boy on death row. "Simon"), isa health care ( provider and is the Plaintiff in the trial court and the Appellant in the District Court of Appeal. Mudmans mea culpa: Guess I overreacted again, huh?. Ippolito "Lee . A Pennsylvania State Trooper, heading home from work, witnesses a car speeding and crashing into trees. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez of Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey pulled over Warlocks members Robert "Mudman" Simon and Charles Staples on a traffic stop moments after the two had committed a commercial burglary. March 3 (UPI) -- A 7-year-old Louisiana boy with a firm grasp of baseball rules is seeking a Guinness World Record as the world's youngest umpire. But John Cunningham, vice-president of the corrections officers' union, said guards could not react immediately because the rules prevented them from entering the caged recreation area without riot gear. He was always taken care of,' said Brown, who is now serving his life sentence for murder at Huntington state prison. ``He was a sociopath. The only thing Bobby was guilty of was helping them to dispose of the body. Simon and Staples were then taken into police custody. He started in my direction, with obvious enthusiasm. It just happened that I grew up three blocks from him; we moved in the same circles, such as they were. After they arrived, Bobby and the guy stepped out to grab some party goods for the night, making the mistake of leaving her alone with the mountain chapter. Ippolito Gonzalez. But even superstars have the odd off day, suffer the career-ending injury. Harris was sentenced to death and sent to prison in 1994 for kidnapping, raping and killing 22-year-old Kristin Huggins. Simon shot gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and gonzalez died instantly. The Mudman, who frightened even fellow killers and the toughest veteran cops, was definitely not someone that you wanted to tangle with. He was suspected of involvement in several other murders. Prison officers were reported to have taken at least five minutes to intervene in the fight. She refused so he took . Dealing with structured environments was never Simons forte. Your email address will not be published. He was acquitted. Follow him on Twitter @GregAdomaitis. He soon shot and killed a New Jersey police officer. Robert "Mudman" Simon was sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of Franklin Township police Sgt. We use people. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved, Police Asking for Public Assistance Finding Person Who Set Fire in Wilmington, Couple on Hawaii Honeymoon Says Snorkeling Tour Group Abandoned Them in the Ocean, Three Men Shot and Killed in Separate Shootings in Philly, Check Your Change! Simon strolled out of the store, chewing gum. He then stabbed a fellow inmate in 1984 with a makeshift knife that was more than a foot long. March 3 (UPI) -- A New Brunswick couple who initially thought a burglar had broken into their home discovered the invader was actually a panicked deer. Not long before, Mud had burned down a store on the Ocean City, New Jersey boardwalk. In the wake of the shooting, Dalton later co-sponsored legislation that tightened rules surrounding parolees and their eligibility, notification requirements and increasing communication between states. Harris was sentenced to death and sent to prison in 1994 for kidnapping, raping and killing 22-year-old Kristin Huggins. They described him as one of the worst sociopaths they had ever encountered. The county political boss lived nearby, as did the avuncular anchorman of Philadelphias top-rated TV newscast and a once-famous 50s rock and roller. The Bucks County, Pennsylvania, artist and recent Temple University graduate was painting a community mural in Trenton in 1992. On May 6, 1995 Police Sgt. Simon was convicted in 1974 for killing his girlfriend after she refused to cooperate in her gang rape by Simon's friends and . It wasnt the Iowa Writers Workshop, exactly. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Also if you have more information about your club that you would like to confidentially share, in particular details about a club's founding such as dates or founding members, as these can be extremely difficult to find, please send us a message. Go pick some flowers. [17], Simon was paroled in February 1995, having served a total of 12-and-a-half-years of prison time. Retired Trenton Deputy Police Chief Joe Constance, who led the team of detectives on the Huggins case, told NJ Advance Media Wednesday that Harris was the most evil person Ive encountered in the 32 years I was on the job.. It was the first official 1% outlaw motorcycle club founded in Pennsylvania. Operating at the time out of what's now a bank in Newfield, Hogan said his force wire-tapped the Warlocks' phones and raided their headquarters a few times. In 1995, Pennsylvania Motorcycle Gang member Robert 'Mudman' Simon killed a police officer at a traffic stop and was sentenced to death. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. [13] Furthermore, Simon's trailer home residence was only a few feet from a bar known to be frequented by Warlocks bikers. 97-2510 (JBS) | Casetext Search + Citator", https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/02/28/Panel-suggests-prison-parole-reforms/1727825483600/, https://casetext.com/case/mihalick-v-simon, "Panel Wants to Remove Out-of-State Parole Review From Corrections Dept", "Biker Is Sentenced to Death for Killing Officer", "FindLaw's Supreme Court of New Jersey case and opinions", "Where We Live: Crimes worthy of TV shows | Times News Online", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Simon_(biker)&oldid=1142925589, People convicted of murder by Pennsylvania, American people convicted of murdering police officers, American people who died in prison custody, Prisoners who died in New Jersey detention, Prisoners sentenced to death by New Jersey, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Unidentified prisoner at SCI Pittsburgh (alleged), This page was last edited on 5 March 2023, at 01:47. The Waltons was largely based on the childhood memories and experiences of the shows creator, novelist Earl Hamner, who grew up in a place very much like Waltons Mountain. The most highly publicized case heard in Lavelle's courtroom was the 1982 trial of Robert "Mudman" Simon, a founding member of the Philadelphia-based Warlocks motorcycle gang. Fellow officers rushed to the scene a few hundred feet shy of police headquarters. Tell you what, he added, slapping me on the back. Bobby Simon had recently moved on up from membership in a local fraternal organization known as the Warlords into the Warlocks Motorcycle Club, among the hardest of hardcore one-percenters. Simon took a different route in his attempt to stay out of prison - murdering a policeman. Something Sand saw, or at least thought had increased after the shooting, was more than one officer responding to a motor vehicle stop. I socialized and did business with quite a few individuals that most people wouldnt want to know. Gloucester County Superior Court Judge Joseph Lisa accepted Robert 'Mudman' Simon's guilty plea to the murder of Franklin Township Police Sgt. People v. Jenkins, 421 N.Y.S.2d 934, 935 (N.Y. App. While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert "Mudman" Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. I had The Mudman and his cohorts, and their victims. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) Ambrose Harris and Robert "Mudman" Simon lived in side-by-side cells at the capital sentence unit of New Jersey State Prison. I knew Bobby Simon much better than did any of the reporters whose bylines appear on those stories, which is nothing to be proud of. "From then on, if one cop pulled over a car, a second would come if available," he said, adding that he wasn't sure if directives were changed after Gonzalez's death, but it appeared that way. If someone was getting roughed up, he stopped it. Robert (Mudman) Simon, who had a reputation for taunting fellow inmates at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, apparently singled out Ambrose (Squirt Boy) Harris as his next target. Ippolito Gonzalez. He was beaten to death in prison in 1999.Simon's accomplice in the botched burglary, Charles "Shovel" Staples, received a life sentence -- although he doesn't feel that way about it. Cat Zingano ahead of her fight at UFC 232 in 2018. [2], Robert Ronald Simon was born on September 4, 1951, in Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. My dear friend Patti sent a letter in response to my post the other day about walking along Merion Rd when the Pagan MC drove by: in the 1970s, members of the Warlocks (NFM: the main rivals to the Pagan MC) were suspected in the deaths of a 17-year-old girl and a 20-year-old woman whose skeletal remains were found in the Tinicum marsh, now known as the John Heinz Wildlife Preserve. Along with his testicles, which Yo was now clutching with both hands. British bus driver stops to give loose sheep a lift. It might have been related to a school project. Simon and the driver of the car, defendant Charles "Shovel" Staples, are members of the "Warlocks . Dalton said a Gloucester County law enforcement museum, to open at the Rowan College at Gloucester County library later this month, will feature a wall of honor and a plaque for Gonzalez. A man who raped and killed a Pennsylvania artist and who fatally beat a fellow inmate on New Jerseys death row has died in prison. We have chapters worldwide. The major difference being that when things soured, Simon would literally shoot you in the head rather than figuratively stab you in the back. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. He was far from the monster that the media made him out to be. In fiction and in life, people do what they do. Squirt Boy took the opening and ran with it, stomping the Mudman until his brains oozed onto the ground, then popped his eyes out for good measure. Robert "Mudman" Simon, 48, was killed by Ambrose Harris, 46, in the recreation area of death row at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, officials said. As a condition of his parole, Simon was ordered to have no contact with Warlocks members. On May 6, 1995 Police Sgt. Robert "Mudman" Simon, 48, was the first to meet such an end since the moratorium on capital punishment in the United States was lifted 23 years ago. Throughout his youth, Simon was a member of an Upper Darby street gang known as the Warlords. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez on May 6, 1995. Earl Hamner had the gentle folk of the Blue Ridge. A Jewish cemetery. The information that we share is true to the best of our knowledge, but often misinformation has a way of appearing on the internet, so please contact us and let us know if our facts aren't right. He stared at it, puzzled. The reporters were much better off remaining at a safe distance, like visitors to the lions den at the Philadelphia Zoo. Hed only been out three months so I can see why he wouldnt want to go back to prison. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Simon and Staples, both members of the Warlocks motorcycle club albeit from different generations, didn't know each other for very long -- about 11 weeks. Robert "Mudman" Simon, 48, was the first to meet such an end since the moratorium on capital punishment in the United States was lifted 23 years ago. And Camisa worked the halls when Robert "Mudman" Simon - yet another name on his long list of undesirable connections - was housed at his facility. Sludge Simmons has a fateful encounter with a 300,000-pound locomotive.A price is paid, as it should be. Im gonna tell! In that neighborhood, one didnt necessarily want to cultivate a reputation as a guy that stood around on grassy knolls looking through books about flowers. 0:00. He chuckled and swaggered off toward his house up the block. I grew up in a Philadelphia suburb that wasnt really a suburb but more an extension of the city, filled with city people and imbued with city attitudes. Yo-Yo rolled around on the sidewalk, moaning and crying, his face bloody and already beginning to swell. A dozen years later, and 11 weeks to the day after his parole, Simon was back in jail _ this time on charges he shot and killed a New Jersey police officer during . So what? Mud said as he lighted a cigarette. I turned around. Simon later said he shot Sergeant Gonzalez because he did . I returned to a careful, time-consuming study of Campbells soup cans. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Who is this asshole?, Yo-Yo, Mud repeated, his inflection making it sound like the name of a disease that people didnt mention in polite company. On May 6, 1995 Police Sgt. After refusing to abide the warning, the officer shot Simon in the leg which caused him to flip over the guardrail and surrender to the authorities thereafter. Mr. Carr said, You boys arent fighting, are you?, No, Mr. Carr, I assured him as I stood, dusting myself off. Simon stood accused of murdering his girlfriend, Beth Smith Dusenberg of Drexel Hill, and dumping her body in a water-filled coal mine pit near Hazleton, where it was . A jury acquitted Harris of Simon's death, saying he acted in self-defense. 6 years later, one of the 3 guys got picked up on a coffe and donuts but and offered up the location of her body in return for being let go. People like Simon were feared for good reason. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Franklin Township Police Sgt. "Then he climbed on a table and stomped on his head." Im gonna kick your pansy ass!, While I was hardly a shrinking violet physically, Yo was some three inches taller and twenty-five pounds heavier than I was. Due to a lack of communication between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, he recalled a lack of awareness regarding Simon's arrival to a Gloucester County address. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. They have also appeared throughout many classic horror-themed films and TV series. "His story is a very tragic story. In 1982, Simon was convicted for the 1974 second degree murder of his 19-year-old girlfriend, Beth Smith Dusenberg, who had refused to engage in group sex with him and other members of the Warlocks. [8][9] According to his fellow Warlock bikers, Simon talked about having sexual intercourse with Dusenberg's mummified corpse after he buried it in a water-filled strip mine near Hazleton and even hoped to decorate his jail cell with physical photographs of such evidence. While I hated the things that he did and shed no tears over his death, the fact is that The Mudman was also just Bobby Simon from the neighborhood, who made bologna sandwiches at the corner store, adopted and loved stray dogs, protected younger kids from bullies, changed flat tires for senior citizens and helped my mom carry her groceries. The Bucks County artist and recent Temple University graduate was painting a community mural in Trenton in 1992. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Franklin Township Police Sgt. A brief, ill-advised interest in botany led, thorough a curious combination of circumstances, to my initial encounter with The Mudman. OUT OF CONTROLJune 26, 2010. I heard someone clear his throat behind me. According to police informants, her body was buried in Tinicum Marsh. Stopping to help, he finds that the driver, Michael Ballard, is aliveand drenched in blood. The jury of five men and seven women had deliberated 11 hours over two days before returning the verdict. Ill catch up with you later! he hissed behind Mr. Carrs back. The Warlocks MC, another 1% club, was founded in 1967 right here in Philadelphia. [4][5] Being a member of the gang was such a substantial part of Simon's life to the point where he would even tout his religion as "Warlock". 7-year-old baseball umpire seeks Guinness World Record. This case tragically arose on the night of May 6, 1995 when Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez, a Franklin Township, NJ police officer, was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop by one Robert "Mudman" Simon, a longtime member of the "Warlocks" motorcycle gang and a recent parolee from the Pennsylvania prison system. Go screw a squirrel or something. Simon shot Gonzales twice, in the head and neck, killing him instantly. I executed a great escape by walking off with Mr. Carr, thoughtfully informing him that Trixie was the favorite dog of everyone in the neighborhood. Publication date. Cat Zingano is suing award-winning actress turned director Halle Berry for damages over an offered movie role that never materialized in her . Long, steep streets named after American presidents swept down into a densely populated plain, a bewildering grid of narrow backstreets, before climbing yet more hills on the far side. One of the most infamous Warlocks is Robert "Mudman" Simon, who gained national attention in May for shooting a South Jersey policeman 11 weeks after Simon's parole on a murder charge. "Robert Simon being released from jail just never should have happened," said Steve Sand, former Gloucester County assistant prosecutor who tried the two in court. Ippolito . "The most dangerous time for police officers is the beginning and end of their shift.". He had already done at least two stints at the county juvie facility; his criminal career had begun at the age of eight. We were just practicing our blocking techniques for football season.. Novelists generally dont have the luxury of making moral judgments, although possibly our moral judgments lie in what happens to characters in the final chapter. Christie Whitman has asked for a report on the parole bureaus role. [22][23], Franklin Township police sergeant Ippolito Gonzalez died the following day via the gunshot wounds sustained from the incident. A rich fantasy life wasnt required in order to imagine whom he planned to take his irritation out on, given half the chance. There were rumors of money changing hands, of intimidation. And he might be sipping his dinner through straws for a while. After doing so, one of the two Warlock bikers shot Gonzalez a total of two times. Maybe shell buy you a can of soup.. They still have to pull over that car and they don't know what's behind the tinted window," Sand said of police work -- a world of "real threats and unknown dangers.". The Bucks County, Pennsylvania, artist and recent Temple University graduate was painting a community mural in Trenton in 1992. And Im scared of dentists., That apparently struck a raw nerve. March 3 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts library said a book was recently returned with a note apologizing for the tome being 56 years overdue. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. I got your back, no problem.. The Mudman became a national cause clbre, a 250-pound symbol of everything that was wrong with Americas criminal justice system. What are you doing, anyway? March 3 (UPI) -- A Kentucky man who stopped to buy some breakfast said he lost his appetite when he won $50,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket. Robert Simon, 45, confessed to the fatal shooting, which happened April 3 in the couple's apartment in the 1700 block of East 85th Place, Assistant State's Attorney Jamie Santini said during a . Even when it wasnt cool to the majority, he didnt care, he stopped it. Harris' life was spared when New Jersey abolished the death penalty in 2007. For some reason, I always got along just fine with people that were deranged and dangerous. He didnt seem like much more of an asshole than most people when you were dealing with him. Harris was sentenced to death and sent to prison in 1994 for kidnapping, raping and killing 22-year-old Kristin Huggins. [24] A firearms expert would later testify that the weapon found near Simon when during his apprehension was the same one used to kill Gonzalez.