White supremacist prison gang leader accused of attempting to kill guards

A person of the notorious Aryan Brotherhood achromatic supremacist situation pack is accused of attempting to termination 2 California situation guards, authorities said Tuesday.

Ronald Yandell, 62, pulled an “improvised weapon” during a regular transportation connected Nov. 22 astatine a situation successful Folsom, the state’s corrections section said successful a property release. He was being moved aft an assignment astatine the situation wellness building.

One defender responded with 3 doses of capsicum spray, which forced Yandell to driblet the weapon, according to authorities. He was handcuffed and taken distant from the transgression scene.

Yandell was already serving a beingness condemnation for murder and voluntary manslaughter, which helium was handed successful March 2004.

Earlier this year, helium was convicted of respective counts of execution and conspiracy successful a national lawsuit surrounding his leadership of the Aryan Brotherhood. Yandell coordinated respective attacks connected prisoners passim California, including rival pack members and members of the Aryan Brotherhood who were deemed retired of line.

Yandell and different Aryan Brotherhood leaders were besides convicted successful of moving a cause trafficking strategy from prison utilizing smuggled cellphones. He faces an further beingness condemnation successful the national case.

The Aryan Brotherhood formed successful the 1960s successful California authorities prisons and yet dispersed passim the country, including national lockups. Authorities person been trying to interruption up the radical for years.

Aryan Brotherhood members, acting connected Yandell’s orders, were convicted successful the notorious situation execution of Black Guerilla Family person Hugo Pinell astatine the aforesaid authorities situation successful 2015.

With News Wire Services