[7], Sgt. His gaze was chilling. Simon was convicted in 1974 for killing his girlfriend after she refused to cooperate in her gang rape by Simon's friends and . He was an eyewitness to the 1999 slaying of Robert "Mudman" Simon, a Warlocks gang member convicted of killing a Franklin Township police officer. I winced. 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. Brown was among five Pennsylvania inmates expected to testify at the hearing in Harrisburg. Gonzalez was fatally shot on May 6, 1995 by Robert "Mudman" Simon, who was beaten to death in prison in 1999. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 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. One of the three got popped for a coffee and donuts bit and gave them that story to get him off the hook. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. People, even the worst people, are more complex than that. 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. Maybe he wants to be a fuckin landscaper and hes studying on it. He had a sick sense of humor, Davis said. 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. While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert "Mudman" Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. Yo-Yo glared at me, baring his teeth. All the broads loved him! He then stabbed a fellow inmate in 1984 with a makeshift knife that was more than a foot long. Hed only been out three months so I can see why he wouldnt want to go back to prison. After serving 12 1/2 years of a 10- to 20-year sentence for murder, he went free in February and settled in Williamstown with the New Jersey parole boards approval. In a hand-written letter dated March 17, Staples called the shooting "tragic.". 464 Conchester Highway, Aston, PA 19014-3106. The two bikers had just committed a commercial burglary. My friends? Robert "Mudman" Simon By genealogy.com user February 05, 2000 at 06:01:36. The governors of Pennsylvania and New Jersey were dragged into the finger-pointing, buck passing and heated debate that fueled outraged newspaper editorials and filled airtime on TV and radio. March 3 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts library said a book was recently returned with a note apologizing for the tome being 56 years overdue. 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 a traffic stop. We have chapters worldwide. [1] However, he was ultimately beaten to death at New Jersey State Prison by a fellow death row inmate before he could be executed. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Robert ``Mudman Simon showed no remorse the day a judge sentenced him for the murder of a girlfriend who had refused to have group sex with his motorcycle gang. Writersand their workis invariably a product of who they are and where they came from. Martini watched as a fellow death-row inmate, Ambrose Harris, fatally beat Simon, stomping his head so hard he crushed Simon's skull. 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. The mud-man first appeared . One Warlock, Robert "Mudman" Simon, was convicted in 1981 of killing a Carbon County woman. 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. Simon and the driver of the car, defendant Charles "Shovel" Staples, are members of the "Warlocks" motorcycle gang . While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert Mudman Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. The Mudman was beefy, scraggly-bearded and ponytailed, with an ever-present smile and small, deep-set blue eyes with a lunatic gleam. 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 wasnt the Iowa Writers Workshop, exactly. Ambrose Harris, 68, died Tuesday at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, the state Department of Corrections said. He showed no remorse. I stood near the top of the long grassy slope behind the local public elementary school. By most accounts, Simon was a career criminal. 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. You could have a couple of beers and a few laughs with him and escape unscathed. New Jerseys Senate Judiciary Committee plans to hold hearings on the issue, and Gov. I might as well have been a child molester. 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. Sludge Simmons has a fateful encounter with a 300,000-pound locomotive.A price is paid, as it should be. Mudman was paroled somehow. 7-year-old baseball umpire seeks Guinness World Record. Pa. 1999)", "MEDICAL RECORDS MAY IDENTIFY BURNED BODY POLICE", "Mihalick v. Simon, CIVIL ACTION NO. July 27, 2008. 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. I was even luckier, I suppose, ultimately spending a great deal more time in close proximity to Simon than Yo did. The Warlocks Motorcycle Club is a one-percenter outlaw motorcycle club that was formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1965. 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. ``He looked like he belonged in the Viking days. 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 . The pest control contractor had come that morning to eradicate the roaches in their cages. They have also appeared throughout many classic horror-themed films and TV series. "They're the guys on the street. Simon shot gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and gonzalez died instantly. 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. Simon, a member of the Warlocks bikers' gang, was the first to die on death row since New Jersey readopted capital punishment in 1982. Casing the place? Soupy Sales.. No, no and no. Clipped by. They are active throughout the Delaware Valley, including South Jersey and Wilmington, with Delco and Philly being their main stomping grounds. Yo-Yo either did not hear this last sentence or chose to ignore itwith disastrous consequences. 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. Ippolito Gonzalez. The major difference being that when things soured, Simon would literally shoot you in the head rather than figuratively stab you in the back. #26. A. Charles Peruto Jr., the lawyer who represented Simon before the board, said New Jersey, not Pennsylvania, should bear the responsibility for allowing him to settle so close to his buddy Staples. The latter, a vice president for the Warlocks' South Jersey chapter, picked him up from prison and put him up in a mobile home community in Williamstown; a stipulation of Simon's parole was that he needed an address in New Jersey. And the local child molester had recently been dragged out of the creek, beaten half to death by unknown assailants. His mother smoked about as often as mine did, which was never. That was in 1999, 18 years after being convicted of murder, four years after murdering Gonzalez. It proved unsuccessful and he ended up back in the slammer. Simon shot Gonzales twice, in the head and neck, killing him instantly. [1] However, he was ultimately beaten to death at New Jersey State Prison . There were a lot of good hard-working people in the neighborhood, with collars both blue and white. She was actually one of Bobbys best friends. He shoved me hard, knocking me onto the grass. 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. 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. I felt like a paratrooper that had left his chute behind in the plane and was now doggie paddling three thousand feet above sea level. Ippolito Gonzalez. In any case, you work with what youve got, your own personal deep well, or strip mine, of source material. With the permission of the parole and prison authorities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Mr. Simon had relocated to to go to prison and therefore avoid illegal activities like burglary and murder. 'The key is whether any of this is true,' said Pennsylvania state Sen. Mike O'Pake. 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). Suspiciously, it is known that one of the club's members began to make arrangements for Simon's living arrangements even before Simon's parole was approved. Yeah, Mud said, with a thoughtful nod. 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. He may have redeemed himself, or possibly was just playing it smart to avoid capture, but either, I bet, was of little solace to his victim's loved ones.. Ill catch up with you later! he hissed behind Mr. Carrs back. Simon was . A firestorm of controversy swirled around the parole. 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. Former Franklin Township police Sgt. I turned around. Harris life was spared when New Jersey abolished the death penalty in 2007. Convicted killer Ambrose Harris returns to the limelight today as his trial begins in the gruesome murder of Robert "Mudman" Simon inside the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton in 1999. Robert Ronald "Mudman" Simon (September 4, 1954 September 7, 1999), also known as Bobby Simon, was an American outlaw biker, convicted murderer and member of the Pennsylvania-based Warlocks Motorcycle Club. As an example of Simons extreme behavior, Davis cited the gang members reaction when he learned Dusenbergs body had been mummified in the mine where she was buried: He talked about having sex with the corpse and wanted to decorate his cell with blowups of the evidence pictures. Officials did not release a cause of death. [16], After a total three parole rejections, Simon was recommended for parole in November 1994 by a PBPP hearing examiner under the conditioned that he abstain from alcohol and avoid contact with the Warlocks Motorcycle Club. Gonzalez's radio request for backup. In that time the two were together, Simon couldn't get a job, ran out of unemployment benefits and was otherwise having no luck at acclimating to life beyond bars, according to Staples' letter. He was acquitted. "The problem Franklin Township always had was officers didn't have much backup on the streets," Hogan said of the 56 square miles of coverage area. 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. All rights reserved, Upper East Side Deli Killer Clad in Hazmat Suit Likely Serial Robber: Sources, 3 Adults, 2 Kids Dead After Fire Tears Through Hudson Valley Home Overnight, Viral Kids' Star Ms. Rachel Is Taking a Break From Social Media After Backlash Over Co-Star Who Uses They/Them Pronouns, This 26-Year-Old Pays $0 to Live in a Luxury Tiny Home' She Built for $35,000 in Her Backyard Take a Look Inside, CNN Anchor Kasie Hunt Gives Birth to a Baby Girl on Bathroom Floor After 13-Minute Labor, Mysterious Cases of Men Found Dead After Leaving NYC Gay Bars Ruled Homicides: ME. [21], In a haste, Staples immediately drove himself and Simon away from the area but were soon pursued by nearby police officers who had heard the two gunshots on Sgt. 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. Mud tossed Yo-Yo to the ground as if he was a Raggedy Andy doll, and then applied a steel-toed boot to his groin. 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. TRENTON, N.J. 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. Frank Hannon, another convicted murderer, testified earlier that he believed Simon bought his parole by paying off guards but said he had no first hand knowledge. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. 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. 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. You goin armed robbery on this?, Theres a guy outside waiting for me, I confessed. Simon . JayClark 28 Feb 2016. "Simon"), isa health care ( provider and is the Plaintiff in the trial court and the Appellant in the District Court of Appeal. As a teenager and in my early 20s, I wasnt any angel. His biggest fault was also his most respectable feature hed take the hit before hed ever tell. Reads flower books? On May 6, 1995 Police Sgt. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death . ", Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Simon, 43, and another Warlocks member are charged with killing Franklin Township police Sgt. Robert "Mudman" Simon was sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of Franklin Township police Sgt. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. 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. "There's still a criminal element that's involved with motorcycle gangs. He murdered his girlfriend in 1974 and was released on parole in 1995. 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. A jury acquitted Harris of Simons death, saying he acted in self-defense. The Bucks County, Pennsylvania, artist and recent Temple University graduate was painting a community mural in Trenton in 1992. The fourteen other inmates housed therein, a quirky crew including a shy and sensitive child murderer and a transgender cop killer in a platinum blond wig, looked on. The 43-year-old Simon, whose criminal record began at age 8, was arrested in the 1974 murder of 19-year-old Beth Smith Dusenberg while he sat in prison for armed robbery. 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. All rights reserved (About Us). Simon pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to death row following the 1996 trial in Hunterdon County. Pennsylvanias parole board chairman, Allen Castor, on Thursday called Simons release ``incomprehensible. He said the Warlock walked free under a state law that requires approval from two of the five parole board members or a board member and a hearing examiner. [18], Unbeknownst to the parole board's officials, the Warlocks Motorcycle Club had quite the presence within the area, which was even regarded to be a "stronghold" for the biker gang. He was later a Golden Gloves amateur boxing champ. 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. Creatures made of animated mud or ooze by magical arts were first introduced into popular culture by several types of board games, mainly from the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez, 'They shot Lee!' The lethal injection chamber at the prison was never used, and the New Jersey Governor repealed the death penalty in December 2007. 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. "His story is a very tragic story. Mudman said that he had killed the cop because he didnt want to go back to prison. He moved toward me once again. Bobby and the guy returned to her dead. The locks on the front door are shit. They have to have some nice side to appeal to people. In order to write about those things, a certain journalistic detachment is required. Dimensions. He spotted meeven there behind the protectively raised Daily Newsand smiled. You bother my cousin here again, doofus, Im gonna throw your sorry ass in front of a trolley, get it?, Simon winked at me. "The most dangerous time for police officers is the beginning and end of their shift.". [17], Simon was paroled in February 1995, having served a total of 12-and-a-half-years of prison time. Simon later said he shot Sergeant Gonzalez because he did . I heard someone clear his throat behind me. In the immortal words of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Girl, we cant change the places where we were born. Yo-Yo did catch up with me later.
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