Barry Byron Mills (July 7, 1948 – July 8, 2018) was an American gangster and leader of the Aryan Brotherhood (AB) prison gang. Nicknamed "The Baron", Mills was incarcerated in the California state prison system at a young age, where he rose within the AB organization during the 1970s and 80s.[1][2]
Barry Mills | |
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| Born | July 7, 1948 Windsor, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 8, 2018 (aged 70) ADX Florence near Florence, Colorado, U.S. |
| Criminal penalty | Four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
Biography
editMills, from Windsor, California, was first incarcerated in 1967, and jailed for a year in a county lockup. He entered the California state prison system after an armed robbery in 1969, and was incarcerated from then on.
He became involved with the Aryan Brotherhood in San Quentin Prison, where the group originated in 1964. He was convicted of nearly beheading another inmate, John Marsloff, over a gambling debt at USP Atlanta in 1979.[2][3]
According to a federal indictment, Mills was involved in the consolidation of the AB power structure in 1980, where he assumed a seat in a three-member "federal commission" for the gang.[3] Along with Tyler Bingham, he expanded the operations of the AB in federal and state prisons, moving the group into narcotics dealing and racketeering.[4][5][2]
In 1996, Barry Mills proposed that the Aryan Brotherhood absorb the prison gang known as the Dirty White Boys.[6]
In 1997, Mills and his accomplice, Tyler Bingham, reportedly ordered their members to carry out a race war against a rival prison gang, the D.C. Blacks.
In March 2006, Charles Hartsell, a Las Vegas member, and leader of the Las Vegas section, along with three other leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood, including Bingham, were indicted for numerous crimes, including murder, conspiracy, drug trafficking, and racketeering.[7][8] Barry Mills and Tyler Bingham were convicted of murder and sent back to ADX Florence near Florence, Colorado, after they were given life sentences without the possibility of parole.[9] Federal prosecutors sought a death sentence for Mills and Bingham, but both were spared after jurors deadlocked on whether they should be executed.[10]
Mills died on July 8, 2018, the day after his seventieth birthday.[11][12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Richards, Toni (August 30, 2006). "Leader of Aryan Brotherhood Deserves to Live, Lawyer Says". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
- ^ a b c Grann, David (February 16–23, 2004). "The Brand". Annals of Crime. The New Yorker.
- ^ a b Colt, Michael (November 12, 2002). "Windsor man called leader of prison gang". The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA). Archive Article ID: 0211120151 (NewsBank).
- ^ Atkins, Stephen (2011). Encyclopedia of right-wing extremism in modern American history. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 155. ISBN 978-1598843507.
- ^ Kansas City Jewish Chronicle By Rick Hellman, Editor November 27, 2002
- ^ "Blood in, Blood Out: The Violent Empire of the Aryan Brotherhood | Crime Magazine". Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ^ "Divided by bars and colour". BBC. December 5, 2002. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ "United States v. Barry Byron Mills, et al" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
- ^ Find an inmate: BARRY BYRON MILLS − Register Number: 14559-116; Age: 69 (January 17, 2018); Release Date: LIFE. Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved January 17, 2018
- ^ "Mistrial declared in Aryan Brotherhood case". NBC News. September 14, 2006. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "Aryan Brotherhood leader dies at Supermax prison in Colorado". KUSA. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ^ "Aryan Brotherhood leader dies at Supermax prison in Colorado". FOX31 Denver. July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
Further reading
edit- Brook, John Lee (2011). Blood in Blood Out : The Violent Empire of the Aryan Brotherhood. London: Headpress. ISBN 978-1-900486-77-4.
External links
edit- "Aryan Brotherhood trial opens in California". Archived from the original on September 15, 2008.
- Photo of Barry Mills (center) with Tyler Bingham (right), at San Quentin State Prison (1970s)
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