By Bob Walsh
Ronnie Price
Brenda Villa used to be a Sergeant with the CA Dept. of
Corrections (and rehabilitation). She was sacked back in 2018 after the
in-custody death of Ronnie Price, 65, in 2016. Price was being
escorted within New Folsom Prison by Correctional Officer Arthur
Pacheco. Price's hands were cuffed behind him in accordance with normal
procedure. Price deliberately tripped him, causing him to do a face
plant, breaking his jaw. He died two days later from an embolism.
Pacheco is due to report to federal prison on January 10 to do 12 years
and some change as a guest of the people.
Sgt. Villa has just been charged and arrested for conspiracy to falsify records in the death.
Timing
suggests that former correctional officer Ashley Aurich testified
before the grand jury against Sgt. Villa shortly before Aurich was
sentenced to 21 months in federal custody for one count of falsifying
records.
Villa was the
first supervisor on the scene after Pacheco pulled Price's legs out from
under him, causing him to do the face plant. Villa is alleged to have
directed the editing and falsifying of the reports of the incident and
to have signed falsified documents. In addition she is alleged to have
lied under oath to the federal grand jury about the identities of the
person(s) present when she arrived at the scene. She is currently in
federal custody but is likely to make bail after a hearing on Wednesday.
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