'If even only half of it is true, Graterford is in sad shape in terms of its management and lack of professional responsibility.' He stared at it, puzzled. The Warlocks MC, another 1% club, was founded in 1967 right here in Philadelphia. It was a community of quirky demographics and zoning apparently born of midnight handshakes and envelopes plump with cash. On a sunny September morning Mud got into an altercation on the death row yard with a con known as Squirt Boy, a scumbag awaiting final judgment for the rape and murder of a young artist. Yo-Yo rolled around on the sidewalk, moaning and crying, his face bloody and already beginning to swell. Sometimes thats a good thing. ', Suspected burglar inside New Brunswick home was a panicked deer. The cops? 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. Yo-Yo, who couldve single-handedly transformed the Summer of Love into a winter of discontent, sneaked up behind me. The locks on the front door are shit. 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. [13] Furthermore, Simon's trailer home residence was only a few feet from a bar known to be frequented by Warlocks bikers. Simon and Charles ``Shovel Staples, the vice president of the Warlocks South Jersey chapter, are charged with murdering Franklin Township Sgt. Officials did not release a cause of death. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Franklin Township Police Sgt. On May 6, 1995 Police Sgt. Petitioner, Dr. Robert Simon, M.D., P.A. Reads flower books? But things arent always written in simplistic black and white, in the harsh neon of a single dimension. 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. The major difference being that when things soured, Simon would literally shoot you in the head rather than figuratively stab you in the back. to go to prison and therefore avoid illegal activities like burglary and murder. [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. Officials did not release a cause of death. Shit., Yo, pointing at me, said, Im gonna kick his ass. The property was owned by Marianne Mihalick, who lived with her daughter right across from Simon's trailer home at 3944 South Black Horse Pike. Delivery truck drivers and out of towners constantly became lost. Mudman or as his friends referred to him Bobby or Uncle Booby, did not kill that girl. Police had insufficient evidence to nail gang members for the marsh murders, but they did successfully make a case against another Warlock , Robert Nauss, who may have disposed of a body in the marsh. Robert "Mudman" Simon. The mud-man first appeared . Bobby helped them discard her body because thats what bros do. At an eventual point during the chase, Staples managed to lose control over the car and crashed it into a guardrail. 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). 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 . English. I gave it a few minutes, and then looked out the window. There were also large center hall stone homes with Lincolns, Cadillacs and Mercedes in the driveways, with colorful gardens and in-ground pools. The only thing Bobby was guilty of was helping them to dispose of the body. Its a shame that there arent more like him. The two shared an uneasy co . 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. March 3 (UPI) -- A sheep spotted wandering loose on a British highway was given a lift back to its owner by a concerned bus driver on her first day on the job. He reads flower books!. 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. 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. 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. It was the first official 1% outlaw motorcycle club founded in Pennsylvania. 2d 615 (E.D. Was he? 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. Robert "Mudman" Simon By genealogy.com user February 05, 2000 at 06:01:36. 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 . I returned to a careful, time-consuming study of Campbells soup cans. Ippolito Gonzalez. In crime fiction, many of those peopleboth fictional characters and their real life counterpartsarent very nice. Writersand their workis invariably a product of who they are and where they came from. . What are you doing, anyway? The trial court "failed to put these matters to rest," and failed to "deal with these ambiguities" in Simon's answers. He was always taken care of,' said Brown, who is now serving his life sentence for murder at Huntington state prison. Go pick some flowers. 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. He soon shot and killed a New Jersey police officer. I was in sixth grade. 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. And who can forget Robert "Mudman" Simon. Simon had either dropped out of or was expelled from high school. People rarely got very far once Mudman Simon stepped into their path. Ambrose Harris. Mudman, many felt, received a lethal Bollingen Prize of poetic justice. 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.. Ambrose Harris, 68, died Tuesday at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, the state Department of Corrections said. Id forgotten about them. Thousands of police officers from around the Northeast attended Gonzalezs funeral Thursday in Vineland, N.J. Robert Simon was a member of the Upper Darby teen gang called the Warlords that merged with a group from Darby to create the Warlocks. 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. I been eyeballing you, pal, the raspy-voiced Mud said. 'The key is whether any of this is true,' said Pennsylvania state Sen. Mike O'Pake. "His story is a very tragic story. Hogan said Warlocks activity in Franklin Township was a major issue during his tenure as police chief. The Mudman Cometh Simon and Staples, both members of the Warlocks A lock ( Warlocks Book The Warlocks get a mention in the bookBiker Gangs and Transnational Organized Crime by Thomas Barker. Two busy shopping centers. Follow him on Twitter @GregAdomaitis. He was far from the monster that the media made him out to be. The Judiciary Committee is investigating how Simon, a member of the Warlocks motorcycle gang, was able to win parole and move to Williamstown, N.J., a community known for Warlocks activity. Sometimes not. 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. Harris life was spared when New Jersey abolished the death penalty in 2007. 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.". With a bit more hair and a little less ink, these might have been the limbs of a lowland gorilla. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. A 19th Century mansion on a wooded tract owned by two wealthy eccentric spinster sisters. Simon strolled out of the store, chewing gum. Yo-Yo either did not hear this last sentence or chose to ignore itwith disastrous consequences. 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. He casually smashed his face into the brick wall on the side of the store. Robert R. "Mudman" Simon , also known as Bobby Simon, was an American criminal, murderer and member of the Pennsylvania-based Warlocks MC biker gang. Maybe shell buy you a can of soup.. Publication date. The jury of five men and seven women had deliberated 11 hours over two days before returning the verdict. Police officers recount night of fatal shooting in 10th anniversary column. Martini watched as a fellow death-row inmate, Ambrose Harris, fatally beat Simon, stomping his head so hard he crushed Simon's skull. While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert Mudman Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. No, no and no. You could have a couple of beers and a few laughs with him and escape unscathed. ``Castor is not to be blamed. Simon grabbed Yo by the collar. Jonathan Brown told the state Senate Judiciary Committee he saw Simon pay prison staffers to remove reports of misconduct and failed drug tests from his file, allowing him to qualify for parole. Div . The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. If someone was getting roughed up, he stopped it. Like the other 1% gangs, the Warlocks murder, deal drugs, rob, and bat the crap about of people, among other activities. You could hear something break. 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. Harris was sentenced to death and sent to prison in 1994 for kidnapping, raping and killing 22-year-old Kristin Huggins. His mother smoked about as often as mine did, which was never. Yo-Yo did catch up with me later. Pattis letter reminded me about the Warlock MC gang. You didnt know what hed do from one day to the next.. 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 . They clashed in the New Jersey state prison's recreation area where inmates can play chess and select books from a library. My affection for The Waltons was inexplicable on the surface; the shows setting and characters were even more alien to me than those of another childhood favorite, Star Trek. Police say Simon shot Duzenberg in the head when she refused to have group sex with gang members. 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. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. [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. I notice from pictures that deceased criminal Robert "mudman" Simon bears a strong family resembelance. The Mudman could be one seriously disgruntled customer. A rich fantasy life wasnt required in order to imagine whom he planned to take his irritation out on, given half the chance. I might as well have been a child molester. ', "Released Convicted Killer Warlock Charged With Officer's Murder", "Warlocks MC (Motorcycle Club - Pennsylvania)", "PANEL OPENS PAROLE SYSTEM PROBE RELEASE OF 'MUDMAN' IS IMPETUS FOR HEARING", "Gonzalez v. Angelilli, 40 F. Supp. But he might knock my teeth out. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. 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. 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. Throughout his youth, Simon was a member of an Upper Darby street gang known as the Warlords. In the immortal words of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Girl, we cant change the places where we were born. : Mudman Classification: Murderer Characteristics: The Warlocks motorcycle gang member Number of victims: 3 + Date of murders: 1974 / 1984 / 1995 Date of birth: 1950 Victims profile: His 19-year-old girlfriend / A fellow inmate / Sgt. He was cracking his knuckles. Mr. Carr said, You boys arent fighting, are you?, No, Mr. Carr, I assured him as I stood, dusting myself off. 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 stated that he shot Gonzalez because he didnt want to go back the prison. Asbury Park, New Jersey. [20] Earlier that day, a nearby Environmental Heating building had been burglarized and the vehicle occupied by both men was situated within the vicinity. 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. It was a warm, sunny spring afternoon. Dealing with structured environments was never Simons forte. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. He was an eyewitness to the 1999 slaying of Robert "Mudman" Simon, a Warlocks gang member convicted of killing a Franklin Township police officer. 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. Harris was sentenced to death and sent to prison in 1994 for kidnapping, raping and killing 22-year-old Kristin Huggins. Staples sped off before surrendering. When they were left together briefly this morning at the New Jersey State Prison, prison officials said, Ambrose Harris beat to death Robert (Mudman) Simon after a bloody fistfight in a fenced . People like Simon were feared for good reason. Ippolito . Tattoos decorated both of Muds massive arms. [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. Get our free mobile app. At various points in his career as a hardened outlaw biker, Simon burned down a store on the Ocean City, New Jersey boardwalk and committed armed robbery. Get lost.. While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert Mudman Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. A motorcycle gang member did not live long enough on death row to face execution - instead he was killed by another inmate. While on death row, Simon was stomped to death by Ambrose Harris. On December 17, 1992, Kristin Huggins, a twenty-two year old graphic artist, left her parents' home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to paint a mural at the Trenton . Bobby Simon should have been a high school senior. "This was a tragic loss. July 27, 2008. OUT OF CONTROLJune 26, 2010. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. Very interesting. It wasnt the Iowa Writers Workshop, exactly. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death . He showed no remorse. No executions have been carried out because of legal appeals and a tradition of liberalism in the state's supreme court. "I have to do 31 years, four months and 19 days before becoming eligible for parole on Oct. 26, 2026. 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. 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. He was rumored to be both deranged and dangerous. [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. All rights reserved (About Us). Some examples of OMC related FB pages: The Warlocks MC NY Facebook page has 907 followers. Maybe he can borrow my old mans dentures., He leaned down, exhaling Marlboro smoke into Yos battered face. "They're the guys on the street. ", Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Simon, a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Warlocks motorcycle gang, was convicted in 1974 for the murder of his girlfriend, Beth Smith Dusenberg, a 19-year-old stenographer. The appeal of Robert R. "Mudman" Simon, who was sentenced to 10-20 years for the slaying of Beth Jean Dusenberg of Drexel Hill, was denied in a short opinion handed down Monday. He had served 12 years of a maximum 20-year sentence for the 1974 murder of Beth Duzenberg, 19. He didnt seem like much more of an asshole than most people when you were dealing with him. With some petunias. We are men 1st and formost. 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. 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. 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 was sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of Franklin Township police Sgt. I got your back, no problem.. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ Convicted cop killer Robert ``Mudman'' Simon was killed in prison in a fight with another death row inmate, a spokeswoman said today. I was perusing a field guide to American flora, attempting to determine which wildflowers were which. At one point, he turned around and glared at me in the nearly empty courtroom, even though he didn't know me from Adam. Smart money was on the latter. A country club. Beautifully maintained parks and athletic fields. People, even the worst people, are more complex than that. They committed the act, Gonzalez pulled the duo over right before his shift was about to end, Simon fatally shot the officer before being wounded himself. His lawyers argued self defense, and a jury acquitted him. Simon and the driver of the car, defendant Charles "Shovel" Staples, are members of the "Warlocks . He moved toward me once again. I diduntil Yo-Yo tore it up and tossed the pieces on the ground. It just happened that I grew up three blocks from him; we moved in the same circles, such as they were. Cat Zingano is suing award-winning actress turned director Halle Berry for damages over an offered movie role that never materialized in her . O'Pake said the committee had hired a private investigator to probe the allegations of misconduct. 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. Officials did not release a cause of death. [2], Robert Ronald Simon was born on September 4, 1951, in Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. #26. The three guys were there with her. Gloucester County Clerk James Hogan, who was chief of police in Franklin Township from 1976 to 1988, was a state parole board member before retiring in 1994. 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 the broads loved him! 'They said, 'If you get any of our friends in trouble, you don't have to worry about going back to Huntington.'' People v. Jenkins, 421 N.Y.S.2d 934, 935 (N.Y. App. On May 6, 1995 Police Sgt. Hannon said it was his understanding it cost between $100 and $300 to have files removed. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. 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. Tell you the truth, I been considering a B&E myself. Who was I going to call? Ill be waiting for you outside, he promised. [1] However, he was ultimately beaten to death at New Jersey State Prison . When asked what happened, the man answers: "I just killed everybody."OUT OF HIS MINDNot far from the accident, police make a gruesome discovery in the home of Michael's . Therefore, the final execution to take place at the prison was a January 22, 1963 electrocution. New Jersey parole officials allowed Simon to move to Williamstown because they thought Warlocks were virtually nonexistent. While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert Mudman Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. 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. Mudman met Squirt Boy on death row. As a teenager and in my early 20s, I wasnt any angel. The configuration of the streets was no more receptive to outsiders than was the citizenry. One Warlock, Robert "Mudman" Simon, was convicted in 1981 of killing a Carbon County woman. 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. 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. 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.. Seems cool that some writers do come close to the people they write about ie: Ann Rule/Ted Bundy. Bobby Simon was seated on top of the horizontal ice cream freezer. Very noble and upright of them. Do you still like flowers?Good writing! i went to bonner high school and was in every class with bob nauss he was layed back in the days, This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. 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 . "Then he climbed on a table and stomped on his head." There were also outlaw bikers, drug dealers, meth freaks, gamblers, loansharks, burglars and mob guys, as well as businessmen, cops and politicians with some very creative ideas regarding money, law and ethics. He was ill-tempered and dangerous. 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. Simon, originally from Darby and believed to be one of the founders of the Warlocks, had been released from prison after serving more than 12 years for the shooting murder of his young girlfriend after . Brown said corruption at the suburban Philadelphia prison extends into the upper levels of management and that some guards give special treatment to inmates in exchange for money, drugs and sexual favors. 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. The pest control contractor had come that morning to eradicate the roaches in their cages. Family and community. While examining Simon's Social Security Card and Staples' driver's license, he requested for backup on his police radio. ``I expressed in as forceful language as I could my strong opinion that Robert Simon should never see the light of day in Pennsylvania or any other place in the free world, said Lavelle, who wrote to the state parole board in 1992 to object to Simons release. Language. 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. Brown said the going price was $300. Defendant Robert Simon was permitted to play a cat-and-mouse game with the court that undermined the court's independent obligation to determine if the plea was voluntary. Ippolito Gonzalez, 40 (Franklin Township police) Method of murder:. 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. Roaches, apparently, being considered cruel and unusual punishment for a group of convicted murderers. "Harris apparently beat Simon down with his fists then kicked him until he was unconscious," said an investigator.