Simon shot gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and gonzalez died instantly. His lawyers argued self defense, and a jury acquitted him. One Warlock, Robert "Mudman" Simon, was convicted in 1981 of killing a Carbon County woman. Give em to your mom. I socialized and did business with quite a few individuals that most people wouldnt want to know. Robert "Mudman" Simon By genealogy.com user February 05, 2000 at 06:01:36. A request to interview Staples at South Woods State Prison, in Bridgeton where he is being held, was declined by the state Department of Corrections and a set of questions mailed to him was not answered. He spotted meeven there behind the protectively raised Daily Newsand smiled. Ippolito Gonzalez. In crime fiction, many of those peopleboth fictional characters and their real life counterpartsarent very nice. 'They said, 'If you get any of our friends in trouble, you don't have to worry about going back to Huntington.'' Of course, none of us. As Simon was let out of his cell so it could be fumigated, he tried to tackle Harris in a recreation cage, sources said. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez, 'They shot Lee!' It might have been the latest in a long and strange list of childhood obsessions, somewhere between the Roman Empire, the Civil War, the Old West, 1940s film noir, the Manson killings and geology. With approval from the New Jersey parole board, he settled at Black Horse RV Trailer Park in Williamstown, New Jersey when released. 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. However, he was acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. In 1999, Harris stomped another death-row inmate in NJ State Prison - Robert "Mudman" Simon - to death. He was later a Golden Gloves amateur boxing champ. "There's still a criminal element that's involved with motorcycle gangs. Officials did not release a cause of death. He chuckled and swaggered off toward his house up the block. A motorcycle gang member did not live long enough on death row to face execution - instead he was killed by another inmate. Get our free mobile app. I was in an all-purpose neighborhood deli-grocery store-butcher shop operation of the sort rarely seen anymore. He spent 14 years in prison and was released in 1995. Sometimes thats a good thing. On May 6, 1995, defendant Robert "Mudman" Simon shot and killed Franklin Township Police Officer Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez during an otherwise routine traffic stop of a car in which Simon was a passenger. "The most dangerous time for police officers is the beginning and end of their shift.". The jury of five men and seven women had deliberated 11 hours over two days before returning the verdict. March 2 (UPI) -- A Minnesota police officer came to the rescue of a raccoon he spotted running around with a jar stuck over its head. Some examples of OMC related FB pages: The Warlocks MC NY Facebook page has 907 followers. We use events and experiences in our own lives, pull them from a Santa sack of memories, and rework those memories for our own purposes. The Lakewood mother who left her child in a hot car for more than two hours with the engine turned off, has plead guilty to Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced on Friday. "I think Robert Simon would rather have died on the floor fighting than take his lethal injection," said John Call, his former lawyer. At all. I heard someone clear his throat behind me. He casually smashed his face into the brick wall on the side of the store. So what? Mud said as he lighted a cigarette. Professional buildings. JayClark 28 Feb 2016. He was acquitted. The Warlocks Winchester MC facebook page which states, We are a nonprofit motorcycle club. He had a sick sense of humor, Davis said. "He was a tremendous officer, an example of how dangerous police work can be. Some people light a fire with a 14k gold Dunhill lighter, others rub two sticks together; six of one, a half dozen of the other. You didnt know what hed do from one day to the next.. Bobby Simon was seated on top of the horizontal ice cream freezer. Simon stated that he shot Gonzalez because he didnt want to go back the prison. A place where the dialogue in the Irish bars was much different than anything ever heard in Ike Godseys General Store. While on Death Row, Harris attacked and killed another Death Row inmate, Robert "Mudman" Simon, a beefy, scraggly long-haired and long-bearded 48-year-old outlaw biker, with several previous murder convictions. Mudmans mea culpa: Guess I overreacted again, huh?. On May 6th, less than three months after being released from prison, Simon, along with another Warlock, Charles "Shovel" Staples, was pulled over in Gloucester County, NJ, by Police Sgt. With a bit more hair and a little less ink, these might have been the limbs of a lowland gorilla. Theres a FB group called, Pagan MC is a bunch of losers. Its a page dedicated to spreading awareness about the crime ridden motorcycle club called the Pagans. The page has 124 followers. [2], Robert Ronald Simon was born on September 4, 1951, in Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert "Mudman" Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. Ippolito "Lee . HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 28 -- A Pennsylvania prison inmate said Thursday that outlaw biker Robert 'Mudman' Simon bribed his way out of Graterford state prison 11 weeks before he was charged with murdering a New Jersey police officer. The reporters were much better off remaining at a safe distance, like visitors to the lions den at the Philadelphia Zoo. 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. [1] However, he was ultimately beaten to death at New Jersey State Prison by a fellow death row inmate before he could be executed. He had served 12 years of a maximum 20-year sentence for the 1974 murder of Beth Duzenberg, 19. The major difference being that when things soured, Simon would literally shoot you in the head rather than figuratively stab you in the back. Ominously. Shit., Yo, pointing at me, said, Im gonna kick his ass. I returned to a careful, time-consuming study of Campbells soup cans. [7], Sgt. Robert R. "Mudman" Simon , also known as Bobby Simon, was an American criminal, murderer and member of the Pennsylvania-based Warlocks MC biker gang. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. About 15 Warlocks live in Williamstown, and about the same number live in Pennsylvanias Delaware County, where the club was founded in the late 60s. "I have to do 31 years, four months and 19 days before becoming eligible for parole on Oct. 26, 2026. "That was his lifestyle. The Mud Man is an enemy in the Castlevania series. But he might knock my teeth out. 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. Yo-Yo spotted me. Tell you the truth, I been considering a B&E myself. 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. As a condition of his parole, Simon was ordered to have no contact with Warlocks members. 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. A jury acquitted Harris of Simon's death, saying he acted in self-defense. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Franklin Township Police Sgt. "They're the guys on the street. Harris had a history of attacking guards and prisoners. Please, On May 6th, less than three months after being released from prison, Simon, along with another Warlock, Charles "Shovel" Staples, was pulled over in Gloucester County, NJ, by Police Sgt. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez on May 6, 1995. Previous page. Along with his testicles, which Yo was now clutching with both hands. If someone was getting roughed up, he stopped it. Fellow officers rushed to the scene a few hundred feet shy of police headquarters. While on death row, Harris punched, kicked and stomped to death a fellow death row inmate, Robert "Mudman" Simon, who had been convicted of killing Franklin Township police Sgt. The pest control contractor had come that morning to eradicate the roaches in their cages. In any case, you work with what youve got, your own personal deep well, or strip mine, of source material. [4] A frequent user of drugs and alcohol, he went by the club moniker "Mudman" as well as informal nickname of "Bobby Simon". Simon took a .45 caliber handgun that belonged to his wingman. Yo grabbed the book from my hand. Dimensions. As an honor to Gonzalez, two graduating Delsea Regional High School students are awarded a $1,500 scholarship every year to further their education in law enforcement. All rights reserved (About Us). I used Simon as the basis for the character of Ronnie Sludgeman Simmons in my novel The Blue Route. But even superstars have the odd off day, suffer the career-ending injury. Neither the judge in Simons murder case, John Lavelle, nor a trooper who knew him years ago expressed surprise. Simon, a motorcycle-gang member who was one of . Ambrose Harris, 68, died Tuesday at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, the state Department of Corrections said. ", Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Simon promptly departed from the vehicle's passenger side and attempted to flee the area on foot whilst aiming his gun at one of the responding police officers who was ordering him to halt. [5][21], According to some reports, Simon had a reputation for taunting fellow inmates at New Jersey State Prison, and apparently selected a convict named Ambrose Harris who had been on death row for kidnapping and killing 22-year-old artist Kristin Huggins. And who can forget Robert "Mudman" Simon. 11 weeks after receiving parole he murdered a police officer and received the death sentence. In order to write about those things, a certain journalistic detachment is required. People rarely got very far once Mudman Simon stepped into their path. We want to share with you the history of outlaw motorcycle clubs and the major events that they have been through over the last several decades. That was in 1999, 18 years after being convicted of murder, four years after murdering Gonzalez. National Park Service: 'Never push a slower friend down' in a bear encounter, March 2 (UPI) -- The National Park Service offered some sage advice for park visitors who encounter bears: "Never push a slower friend down. Yo-Yo rolled around on the sidewalk, moaning and crying, his face bloody and already beginning to swell. 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. We believe in taking care of our own. Bobby and the boyfriend stepped out to grab some beer and the three perverts he left her with killed her. "His story is a very tragic story. I had The Mudman and his cohorts, and their victims. A 19th Century mansion on a wooded tract owned by two wealthy eccentric spinster sisters. A.K.A. [6] He was said to have held the club title of "enforcer", and was utilized by his fellow Warlock co-founders to intimidate the club's rivals. Simon, 43, and another Warlocks member are charged with killing Franklin Township police Sgt. [13] Throughout his prison tenure, he received a total of 49 misconducts, which included drug trafficking in addition to drug use. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez of Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey pulled over Warlocks members Robert "Mudman" Simon and Charles "Shovel" Staples on a traffic stop moments after the two had committed a commercial burglary. 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! OUT OF CONTROLJune 26, 2010. He was not, for reasons readily apparent to anyone that ever met the man, or even saw a photograph of him. For your grave.. But it did provide rich training ground and source material for storytellinga certain kind of storytellingnonetheless. Mudman met Squirt Boy on death row. It was a warm, sunny spring afternoon. Was he? Certainly it's not the majority of motorcycle enthusiasts," he offered. He told of guards skimming money from inmate payrolls and operating a black market for drugs, food and cigarettes that reached outside prison walls. Simon was jailed in 1982 for 10 to 20 years after killing a girlfriend who refused to have sex with gang members. On a Saturday when the Delaware County Daily Times' regular courthouse reporter was off, I had to cover Nauss' trial. Stopping to help, he finds that the driver, Michael Ballard, is aliveand drenched in blood. 0:53. Something Sand saw, or at least thought had increased after the shooting, was more than one officer responding to a motor vehicle stop. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. For some reason, I always got along just fine with people that were deranged and dangerous. On May 6th, less than three months after being released from prison, Simon, along with another Warlock, Charles "Shovel" Staples, was pulled over in Gloucester County, NJ, by Police Sgt. We have chapters worldwide. And Im scared of dentists., That apparently struck a raw nerve. 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. He had formerly been sentenced to death by the state of New Jersey on May 6, 1995, for his part in the fatal shooting of Franklin Township police sergeant Ippolito Gonzalez. Simon was . TRENTON, N.J. - Convicted killer Robert "Mudman" Simon was killed in prison in a fight with another death-row prisoner, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. She refused so he took . CarlK90245 said: A 21-Mar-1982 article in the Delaware County Sunday Times details the disappearance of Cheryl Ann Moser Iacovone, and indicates that she is believed to have been murdered by members of the Warlocks. 'I was told if I said anything, they would kill me,' he said. ', Suspected burglar inside New Brunswick home was a panicked deer. He was then . I eyed the pay phone on the wall, but that didnt offer much of a lifeline in this situation. A Jewish cemetery. The Warlocks terrorized people in the 70s with hundreds of members, according to former Pennsylvania trooper William Davis. Language. Ippolito 'Lee' Gonzalez during a traffic stop in May. On May 6, 1995 Police Sgt. Hogan said Warlocks activity in Franklin Township was a major issue during his tenure as police chief. 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. There was a steel mill, a stone quarry, a beer distributorship that looked like an aircraft hangar, a sandwich shop built to resemble a space ship, a truck depot and a Knights of Columbus hall. 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. Then one night, Staples suggested burglarizing a house he knew was unoccupied at the time. His mother smoked about as often as mine did, which was never. He killed another inmate in prison but was acquitted on the grounds of self-defence. The Warlocks menaced the state of Pennsylvania during the 1970s, and Simon was often described as an ill-tempered and especially dangerous member by those who knew and encountered him. Do you still like flowers?Good writing! [7][3], On May 6, 1995, Robert Simon along with the vice president of the Warlocks' South Jersey chapter, Charles "Shovel" Staples, were both sitting in a car in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey when they were pulled over by 15-year Franklin Township police veteran Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez as part of a routine traffic stop. Go screw a squirrel or something. Simon and Staples were then taken into police custody. Grateful Dead tunes held a steady rhythm as the county prosecutor, Sean Dalton, praised his assistant's quick wit and sharp mind - the skills that over nearly three decades helped Sand put away criminals such as cop killer Robert "Mudman" Simon. Simon and Charles ``Shovel Staples, the vice president of the Warlocks South Jersey chapter, are charged with murdering Franklin Township Sgt. 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 . 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. 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. I considered siccing Trixie on him, but the poodle was busy taking a leak on some of those troublesome flowers. Casing the place? Officials did not release a cause of death. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. ``He looked like he belonged in the Viking days. Mr. Simon pleaded guilty last October to capital murder in the shooting death of Sgt. Firefighters hoist horse stranded in backyard swimming pool. Two busy shopping centers. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez on May 6, 1995. March 2 (UPI) -- A Maryland woman scored a $100,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket less than 12 hours after she scored an $11,000 jackpot at a casino. Even when it wasnt cool to the majority, he didnt care, he stopped it. Yo appeared rather impatient and irritated. There were rumors of money changing hands, of intimidation. Bobby Simon should have been a high school senior. 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. 0:00. Ippolito Gonzalez. In sometimes emotionally charged testimony, Brown claimed guards at Camp Hill state prison, where he was transferred for his appearance before the committee, threatened to kill him if he went public with his claims. He didnt get very far. Petitioner, Dr. Robert Simon, M.D., P.A. The club is most prominent in and has significant territory in the Delaware Valley, including Philadelphia, Delaware County, South Jersey, and Wilmington, though they also have a heavy presence . It proved unsuccessful and he ended up back in the slammer. I gave it a few minutes, and then looked out the window. The neighborhood was a bit of a bastard, as neighborhoods went. He was convicted of brutally murdering his girlfriend in a room atop the Darby garage of a fellow Warlock whose testimony about Nauss proudly showing him her body, secured Nauss's conviction even though her body was never found. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Ambrose Harris, 47, sentenced to death for raping and killing a 22-year-old artist, attacked Simon, who shot dead a police officer four years ago, said investigators. Bobby was a guy who was always looking for a party and always wanted everyone there to have a good time. "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. I diduntil Yo-Yo tore it up and tossed the pieces on the ground. 7-year-old baseball umpire seeks Guinness World Record. Yo-Yo, who couldve single-handedly transformed the Summer of Love into a winter of discontent, sneaked up behind me. Follow him on Twitter @GregAdomaitis. 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. Lavelle said dozens of Warlocks circled the courthouse on their motorcycles each day of the trial and frightened the jurors, possibly leading to the second-degree murder conviction instead of a first-degree verdict. In 1999 death row inmate Robert "Mudman" Simon, who was convicted of killing a police officer, died during a fight. "Prison is a violent place," he said. Questions were asked. The two shared an uneasy co . Bobby and the guy returned to her dead. Not only for the Gonzalez family, but for the Franklin Township Police Department," said Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton, who was a state legislator at the time of the shooting. Read more. Find the South Jersey Times on Facebook. Staples was tried twice; a hung jury was the result of the first and felony murder the second. Harris was sentenced to death and sent to prison in 1994 for kidnapping, raping and killing 22-year-old Kristin Huggins. Heads rolled. Christie Whitman has asked for a report on the parole bureaus role. When I was a kid one of my favorite TV shows was, peculiarly, The Waltons, the syrupy saga of a large, loving family struggling through the Depression years in rural Virginia. In 1995, the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole paroled Warlocks bike gang member Robert "Mudman" Simon, disregarding strong warnings from the judge who convicted him. A diner that later served as the setting for a pivotal scene in a popular Oscar-winning film. 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. Yeah, Mud said, with a thoughtful nod. Therefore, the final execution to take place at the prison was a January 22, 1963 electrocution. 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. HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 28 -- A Pennsylvania prison inmate said Thursday that outlaw biker Robert 'Mudman' Simon bribed his way out of Graterford state prison 11 weeks before he was charged with . It might have been related to a school project. His gaze was chilling.

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