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| Arizona prisoner serving 16 life sentences accused of killing 3 fellow inmates | |
| 2025-04-07 | |
An Arizona prisoner serving 16 life sentences killed three other inmates at a state prison in Tucson, according to officials. Ricky Wassenaar is accused of killing Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage and Donald Lashley during the altercation on Friday at the Arizona State Prison Cimmaron Unit, according to KOLD. Wassenaar is the only suspect in the incident, the outlet reported. Prison officials say he acted with "intent to harm." Alvarez was behind bars for a Maricopa County murder, Harnage was convicted in Pima County of sexual conduct with a minor and Lashley was serving a sentence for child molestation in Pima County. Wassenaar was already serving 16 life sentences for his role in a prison standoff in 2004, according to KOLD. He already had a criminal history before the standoff. He and another man were convicted of taking two guards hostage for 15 days at Lewis Prison Complex in Buckeye, Arizona. It was one of the longest prison hostage situations in U.S. history. Wassenaar allegedly used a kitchen guard’s uniform to trick another guard into letting him into a prison watchtower. He obtained the uniform by overpowering an officer with a handmade weapon. The Arizona Department of Corrections said Wassenaar was moved to a prison in Florence after Friday’s inmate deaths. The incident remains under investigation. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #10 I know! Have Judge Boasberg release him. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2025-04-07 17:22 |
| #9 What are you going to do, put him in prison? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-04-07 17:12 |
| #8 Don't they have solitary confinement in Arizona? Or would that violate his "rights"> |
| Posted by: Rambler 2025-04-07 14:29 |
| #7 We'll call the program Alien versus Predator. Snark of the day? |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-04-07 14:26 |
| #6 How about an amnesty deal for illegals, catch 5 child predators and you will get legal papers. We'll call the program Alien versus Predator. Snark O'The Day |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-04-07 13:38 |
| #5 Yeah but he's killing child molester's...so each one should take away one life sentence and once he hits 17 he goes free? |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2025-04-07 12:53 |
| #4 Note to AZ. There is a reason the DEATH PENALTY exists. Give it a try, you'd be surprised with the results. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-04-07 09:29 |
| #3 Doing the job the state refuses to do. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-04-07 07:09 |
| #2 Diminishing returns? |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2025-04-07 06:58 |
| #1 One at the time, or all 3 together? |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-04-07 03:21 |