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| Eight inmates charged with murder in SoCal prison riot |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/04/2004 |
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Eight inmates at a privately run prison were charged with murder Wednesday in an October riot that left two convicts dead, officials said. The four-month probe of Eagle Mountain Community Correctional Facility by Riverside County (Calif.) sheriff's investigators and the district attorney's office also resulted in six additional inmates being charged with assault with a deadly weapon. "The evidence will show the defendants' behavior was animalistic, primitive and racially motivated," said Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Ulli McNulty, who is handling the case. "The crime scene they left behind was death and devastation." The 90-minute fight involving 150 inmates pitted a group of Hispanic and white inmates against a group of black prisoners. They fought with barbecue skewers, meat cleavers, table and chair legs, and two-by-fours. Others fought with mop and broom handles. The riot left dead 34-year-old Master Leroy Hampton, who was serving a 16-month term for a drug offense, and 39-year-old Rodman Fitzgerald Wallace, who was serving two years for burglary. Both were from Los Angeles County. The eight inmates who were charged with murder include: David Olivares, 31; Peter Cardenas Morales, 23; Jason Samuel Hernandez, 29; Hector Ramirez Careyo, 32; Anthony Ramirez Rimoldi, 38; Eric Stephen Lewis, 33; Jose Luis Rodriguez, 35; and Byron Walter Mayfield, 35. A March 17 arraignment has been scheduled for all but one of the 14 inmates. |
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