Yusuf Bey IV (Oakland Police Department)
Posted on 02/29/2012 3:16:47 PM PST by SmithL
Bey IV, 26, the former leader of Your Black Muslim Bakery, "offered an officer money and sports tickets in exchange for a cell phone," corrections spokesman Luis Patino wrote in response to questions. Documents detailing the charges are not public and cannot be released, he added.
State law prohibits inmates from having cell phones. It was unclear Wednesday if Bey IV was trying to order retaliation against any of the more than 70 people who testified against him at his murder trial, including former followers and a lover he had previously allegedly targeted for violence.
Bey IV was convicted in June of ordering the murders of journalist Chauncey Bailey and two other men and was sentenced to three consecutive life terms without parole. Prosecutors had accused Bey IV of trying to get a hit list against witnesses in his murder trial smuggled out of Santa Rita Jail, where he was being held, and get it to a follower. Bey IV was never charged in connection with that incident.
A bakery follower, Antoine Mackey, was convicted of killing Bailey and another man and sentenced to two life terms without parole.
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He looks like the sort of guy I want to have as my neighbour.
Our strength.
It takes dedicated effort to become feral in a modern country like the USA.
Thanks very much for the ping, SmithL.
Many criminals never step until they are incarcerated or eliminated. Yusuf Bey IV appears to be of the latter ilk.
R.I.P. Chauncey Bailey
He looks like the sort of guy that bakes an excellent cupcake.
Amish, geez
Bloods, Crips and Amish
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