Details in Neo-Nazi dad's slaying released

02:01 PM PDT on Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The Riverside Press-Enterprise

PDF: Declaration in support of an arrest warrant in the slaying of neo-Nazi leader Jeff Hall

The 10-year-old boy accused of slaying his neo-Nazi father told a detective after the shooting that he was "tired of his dad hitting him and his mom," according to a court document.

The declaration also describes the early morning May 1 slaying of Jeff Hall as he slept in his Riverside home. The document was redacted earlier today by a judge to remove the names of the five children involved, including the 10-year-old boy accused of the shooting.

The boy "told Detective (Roberta) Hopewell he knew his mom and dad had a gun and knew where they kept it. (The boy) said he went into his mom and dad's closet. He got the gun, a Rossi .357 revolver, from a low shelf in the closet.

"(The boy) said 'it was right there on the shelf'. (The boy) told Detective Hopewell that he went downstairs with the gun, pulled the hammer back, aimed the gun at his dad's ear while he was asleep and shot him. (The boy) said he went upstairs and hid the gun under his bed."

The court document also says the boy suspected his father of infidelity and was worried about whether he would have to choose between living with his mother or father.

The boy delayed entering his plea today during a brief hearing in juvenile court. He will make an appearance on July 22. His defense attorney was granted a request to have an expert do a psychological evaluation on the child to determine whether he can enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.

The document was filed in connection with an arrest warrant for the boy's stepmother.

Krista Faye McCary, 26, was charged late Tuesday with nine felonies of child endangerment and criminal storage of a firearm in the Riverside house where Hall was shot.

McCary is charged with five counts of child endangerment -- one charge for each of the children in the home -- and four counts of criminal storage of a gun, excluding a 3-month-old baby who would not have been able to access the weapon.

Prosecutors issued a warrant for McCary's arrest Tuesday, alleging that she was responsible for leaving the gun accessible to her children on a shelf in the home, Deputy District Attorney Ambrosio Rodriguez said.

As of this morning McCary had not turned herself in, he said outside the juvenile court hearing for the boy.

The shooting occurred shortly before 5 a.m. on a Sunday morning, where Hall was found shot on the family's living room couch.

Police have said the boy admitted to killing his father, though his defense attorney said he may plead not guilty by reason of insanity. McCary was not at this morning's hearing.

If found guilty of the charges, the boy could remain in juvenile hall until he is 18 or another youth detention facility until he is 25.

Hall was the leader of the Southwest chapter of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi organization, which has held rallies in Riverside and on the U.S.-Mexico border. He ran unsuccessfully for the Western Municipal Water District last year.

Hall had sole custody, along with McCary, of his son and 9-year-old daughter from his first marriage.

Hall and McCary also had three children together who were in the home at the time of the shooting.

Reporter John Asbury contributed to this report.

--RICHARD K. DE ATLEY

Comment:

The only comment I'm going to make on this is the boy's stepmother should indeed be charged with child endangerment and neglect. California has very strict laws regarding the storage of guns in houses with minor children in them. This would not have happened if the gun was kept locked up, or equipped with trigger guards as state law requires. This tragedy demonstrates that this law is extremely necessary.

Details in Neo-Nazi dad's slaying released

02:01 PM PDT on Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The Riverside Press-Enterprise

PDF: Declaration in support of an arrest warrant in the slaying of neo-Nazi leader Jeff Hall

The 10-year-old boy accused of slaying his neo-Nazi father told a detective after the shooting that he was "tired of his dad hitting him and his mom," according to a court document.

The declaration also describes the early morning May 1 slaying of Jeff Hall as he slept in his Riverside home. The document was redacted earlier today by a judge to remove the names of the five children involved, including the 10-year-old boy accused of the shooting.

The boy "told Detective (Roberta) Hopewell he knew his mom and dad had a gun and knew where they kept it. (The boy) said he went into his mom and dad's closet. He got the gun, a Rossi .357 revolver, from a low shelf in the closet.

"(The boy) said 'it was right there on the shelf'. (The boy) told Detective Hopewell that he went downstairs with the gun, pulled the hammer back, aimed the gun at his dad's ear while he was asleep and shot him. (The boy) said he went upstairs and hid the gun under his bed."

The court document also says the boy suspected his father of infidelity and was worried about whether he would have to choose between living with his mother or father.

The boy delayed entering his plea today during a brief hearing in juvenile court. He will make an appearance on July 22. His defense attorney was granted a request to have an expert do a psychological evaluation on the child to determine whether he can enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.

The document was filed in connection with an arrest warrant for the boy's stepmother.

Krista Faye McCary, 26, was charged late Tuesday with nine felonies of child endangerment and criminal storage of a firearm in the Riverside house where Hall was shot.

McCary is charged with five counts of child endangerment -- one charge for each of the children in the home -- and four counts of criminal storage of a gun, excluding a 3-month-old baby who would not have been able to access the weapon.

Prosecutors issued a warrant for McCary's arrest Tuesday, alleging that she was responsible for leaving the gun accessible to her children on a shelf in the home, Deputy District Attorney Ambrosio Rodriguez said.

As of this morning McCary had not turned herself in, he said outside the juvenile court hearing for the boy.

The shooting occurred shortly before 5 a.m. on a Sunday morning, where Hall was found shot on the family's living room couch.

Police have said the boy admitted to killing his father, though his defense attorney said he may plead not guilty by reason of insanity. McCary was not at this morning's hearing.

If found guilty of the charges, the boy could remain in juvenile hall until he is 18 or another youth detention facility until he is 25.

Hall was the leader of the Southwest chapter of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi organization, which has held rallies in Riverside and on the U.S.-Mexico border. He ran unsuccessfully for the Western Municipal Water District last year.

Hall had sole custody, along with McCary, of his son and 9-year-old daughter from his first marriage.

Hall and McCary also had three children together who were in the home at the time of the shooting.

Reporter John Asbury contributed to this report.

--RICHARD K. DE ATLEY

Comment:

The only comment I'm going to make on this is the boy's stepmother should indeed be charged with child endangerment and neglect. California has very strict laws regarding the storage of guns in houses with minor children in them. This would not have happened if the gun was kept locked up, or equipped with trigger guards as state law requires. This tragedy demonstrates that this law is extremely necessary.

Evidence Of Abuse With Son, 10, charged in Neo-Nazi dad's slaying

By JOHN ASBURY
The Press-Enterprise

A 10-year-old Riverside boy was charged Wednesday with murder in the slaying of his father, a neo-Nazi leader, and court documents reveal that the boy has a history of violent behavior.

The boy was charged with intentionally shooting his father, Jeff Hall, inside his Riverside home about 4 a.m. Sunday. He also was charged with using a gun in the commission of the killing.

abuse allegations

Court records show Jeff Hall, the boy's father, had been involved in a decade-long custody dispute with Neal, his first wife.

At a January custody hearing, a Riverside Family Court judge ruled Hall would maintain full custody of the boy and his sister, who is 9.

The two siblings and Hall's three other children lived with Hall and his current wife at the Riverside house where the shooting occurred

Neal has had no contact with her children for the past six years, according to a custody order and authorities. Hall and Neal filed for divorce in 2000.

Hall won custody of the boy and his sister in 2004.

Court documents filed in the custody dispute show that Hall accused Neal of abuse and neglect. He also accused her of molesting the boy. She also accused him of abuse.

No charges were filed in connection with the allegations.

In January, Neal was ordered not to have any contact with the children, even by telephone, without a therapist's consent.

Child Protective Services records show investigators were called to the home four times in 2003 and four times during prior years.

The children received counseling for possible abuse though the Riverside County Victim Witness Assistance program.

A therapist told Hall both children were aggressive and developmentally delayed.

"I realized the extent of their anger and poor social skills," Hall wrote in a custody declaration. "(The boy) was removed from several schools for his wild and sometimes violent actions."

Neal filed a motion last year seeking visitation with the children and full custody.

"Jeffrey Hall is currently president in the neo-Nazi group and I am really scared of what will happen to my kids," Neal said in her statement.

Juvenile legal experts said the murder charges are aimed to hold the boy accountable for his actions, but also to rehabilitate the boy.

"I think you can't give up on a 10-year-old child, period," UCLA law professor Jyoti Nanda said. "The chances are this kid needs help in some way, and this is the community's responsibility and duty to protect the children in society."

rehabilitation

The case may rest highly on psychiatric evaluations, Nanda said. If the defense chose to pursue an insanity plea, attorneys would have to prove the mindset and trauma on the child, if he didn't understand the gravity of what he's done.

"It breaks your heart. This is not a scenario of a cold-hearted 10-year-old. It's someone who killed a member of their own family, it's not a random act of violence," Nanda said. "Ultimately these charges are to protect the public and rehabilitate the youth to make him a functioning member of society again."

Comment:

This is not at all surprising, especially since it was made clear that the shooting was not connected with Hall's activities with the NSM. After all, anyone, much less a ten-year-old doesn't just up and shoot his father for no good reason. The boy was probably abused for years before he had had enough.

As the story said, we'll find out in two weeks what will happen next. I doubt there will be anything else until then, so tomorrow we can get back to more important things than the death of this professional provocateur.

Evidence Of Abuse With Son, 10, charged in Neo-Nazi dad's slaying

By JOHN ASBURY
The Press-Enterprise

A 10-year-old Riverside boy was charged Wednesday with murder in the slaying of his father, a neo-Nazi leader, and court documents reveal that the boy has a history of violent behavior.

The boy was charged with intentionally shooting his father, Jeff Hall, inside his Riverside home about 4 a.m. Sunday. He also was charged with using a gun in the commission of the killing.

abuse allegations

Court records show Jeff Hall, the boy's father, had been involved in a decade-long custody dispute with Neal, his first wife.

At a January custody hearing, a Riverside Family Court judge ruled Hall would maintain full custody of the boy and his sister, who is 9.

The two siblings and Hall's three other children lived with Hall and his current wife at the Riverside house where the shooting occurred

Neal has had no contact with her children for the past six years, according to a custody order and authorities. Hall and Neal filed for divorce in 2000.

Hall won custody of the boy and his sister in 2004.

Court documents filed in the custody dispute show that Hall accused Neal of abuse and neglect. He also accused her of molesting the boy. She also accused him of abuse.

No charges were filed in connection with the allegations.

In January, Neal was ordered not to have any contact with the children, even by telephone, without a therapist's consent.

Child Protective Services records show investigators were called to the home four times in 2003 and four times during prior years.

The children received counseling for possible abuse though the Riverside County Victim Witness Assistance program.

A therapist told Hall both children were aggressive and developmentally delayed.

"I realized the extent of their anger and poor social skills," Hall wrote in a custody declaration. "(The boy) was removed from several schools for his wild and sometimes violent actions."

Neal filed a motion last year seeking visitation with the children and full custody.

"Jeffrey Hall is currently president in the neo-Nazi group and I am really scared of what will happen to my kids," Neal said in her statement.

Juvenile legal experts said the murder charges are aimed to hold the boy accountable for his actions, but also to rehabilitate the boy.

"I think you can't give up on a 10-year-old child, period," UCLA law professor Jyoti Nanda said. "The chances are this kid needs help in some way, and this is the community's responsibility and duty to protect the children in society."

rehabilitation

The case may rest highly on psychiatric evaluations, Nanda said. If the defense chose to pursue an insanity plea, attorneys would have to prove the mindset and trauma on the child, if he didn't understand the gravity of what he's done.

"It breaks your heart. This is not a scenario of a cold-hearted 10-year-old. It's someone who killed a member of their own family, it's not a random act of violence," Nanda said. "Ultimately these charges are to protect the public and rehabilitate the youth to make him a functioning member of society again."

Comment:

This is not at all surprising, especially since it was made clear that the shooting was not connected with Hall's activities with the NSM. After all, anyone, much less a ten-year-old doesn't just up and shoot his father for no good reason. The boy was probably abused for years before he had had enough.

As the story said, we'll find out in two weeks what will happen next. I doubt there will be anything else until then, so tomorrow we can get back to more important things than the death of this professional provocateur.

The Circus Is In Town!

Heated words, no more
Dueling events feature sharb jabs, but no violence

Wes Woods II, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/19/2011 10:37:46 PM PDT

CLAREMONT - Armed for a war of words with megaphones and sharp tongues, about 30 people from the National Socialist Movement and 400 to 500 anti-Nazi protesters taunted each other Saturday during two rallies drawing attention to America's policy on immigration.

"We have more white people than you," came a barb from someone with the anti neo-Nazi group, which stood at the southeast corner of Foothill and Indian Hill boulevards. "How does it feel?"

Jeff Hall, Southwest States regional director of the neo-Nazi group fired back, "It feels good not to be scared. It's all about quality, not quantity."

The group said they came to protest illegal immigration and to show there are other viewpoints than just Claremont College Mohammed Martinez, 63, of East Los Angeles, yells at Josh Davenport of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group, as the group rallied on Saturday on the corner of Foothill and Indian Hill boulevards in Claremont. (Thomas R. Cordova/Staff Photographer) students who were for "open borders."

Being outnumbered didn't faze the Nazi group, many of whom had bald heads, black or fatigue-style clothing and U.S. flags with swastikas.

They claimed victory Saturday.

"You said you were going to stop us, but you didn't. Thank you for being tools and showing up here today," Hall said on his megaphone.

Hall would use his megaphone to get his group to chant or incite the hundreds across the street while police officers and yellow police tape blocked people from reaching them.

The neo-Nazi chants included "White power," "Whose streets? Our streets," "Heil Hitler" and "If it's brown, flush it down."

A woman in the Nazi group took off an overshirt to reveal a black shirt that read "because the beauty of the white Aryan woman must not perish from the earth ..."

Responses from the other side included chants like "Nazis go home" or insults such as "No matter how hard you try you will not be Edward Norton," which was a reference to the Norton movie "American History X."

Another neo-Nazi, who only gave his first name of Ken, said he was a 44-year-old mechanic who lives in Claremont.

He claimed there were Claremont College students and Claremont police who were part of the neo-Nazi group but declined to say more when asked for specifics.

Neo-Nazi member Josh Davenport, 27, of Las Vegas, and Hall, of Riverside, said they considered the event a success because of potential new membership.

"We saw such a huge spike on a national level and new interest we have had a hard time keeping up with it," Hall said. [He's probably right. - Dan.]

The Nazi protest lasted from noon until about 1:30 p.m.

There were 16 police agencies and more than 110 officers to provide security for the rally, which ended with no arrests or property damage, Claremont police Lt. Mike Ciszek said.

"It went extremely well, and we definitely appreciated mutual aid that came out," Ciszek said. "We would have been overwhelmed in a second if things would have gone bad. It's great to see law enforcement come together for a purpose."

The alternative peace rally, which started at 10 a.m., was held three blocks away at Memorial Park. A large group from the peace rally then walked over to protest the neo-Nazi's presence on Foothill Boulevard.

When the approximately 30 neo-Nazis walked to their location, a small number of protesters confronted them, yelling into a megaphone "garbage" over and over.

Raymond Herrera, founder and president of the Claremont-based anti-illegal immigration group We the People, California's Crusader, was at the event and again said he opposed the neo-Nazi rally.

Herrera said his organization does not join racist groups like neo-Nazi, La Raza or the Ku Klux Klan.

As he spoke, some of the neo-Nazi protesters turned to him and questioned why he hated illegal immigrants, but he did not answer them.

Chris Baca, 35, of Riverside, was part of the anti neo-Nazi rally and briefly confronted them.

"This is racism," he said. "They're claiming they're white when they're not white themselves. I think they're sad. White people were the first illegal immigrants in the country."

Mohammed Martinez, 63, of East Los Angeles, also was able to verbally confront the neo-Nazis and said he remembered confronting the Nazis 30 years ago "back in El Monte." [Frank Collins' Group - Dan.]

Art Gamboa, 50, of Maywood, said he opposed the neo-Nazis.

"I don't think nothing is going to stop these guys," he said.

Hall added he thought Claremont police did a great job in organizing the event and "took it seriously."

There are no immediate plans of coming back to Claremont for another rally, Hall said.

Claremont City Manager Jeff Parker said he was relieved the event was peaceful.

"The First Amendment freedom of speech worked. I'm happy it all concluded with no violence of any kind," Parker said.

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Comment:

What a waste of time! What did they accomplish? I'll admit that the showing of about 30 was impressive, but the opposition was still about 12 to 0ne, in favour of the opposition! Not surprising.

Claremont is an extremely liberal area. I lived there for four years in the late 70's. I even graduated from Claremont High School. It's home to the Claremont Colleges, five Ivy League Schools including Harvey Mudd College, and Scripps College. Indeed, when I lived there, many of the professors were aging Hippies still with long hair, tie-dyed shirts, and love beads. The residents would definitely NOT be very receptive.

Take a note of the first photo. What is the point of all those racist tattoos? For one thing, what does that do for anyone? Also, who would give anyone an honest job with his face, as well as his body covered with tattoos, racialist or other kinds, except maybe in a circus sideshow?

Mr. Hall was wrong when he called the counter-protesters "tools". It was he and the NSM that were the tools. They came out there with the express purpose of rabble-rousing and gaining publicity, and they did succeed. They succeeded in giving the Jewsmedia another chance at trashing the White Nationalist Movement. Congratulations guys, you made ALL of us look bad. You better believe that in the next elections, if any of us run in that area, this will all be stirred up again by the press.

In closing, I'd actually like to thank Raymond Herrerra, who is obviously Latino, for speaking the truth regarding La Raza. He called it a racist organisation, which it is.

Tomorrow: The "other" rally in Memorial Park.

The Circus Is In Town!

Heated words, no more
Dueling events feature sharb jabs, but no violence

Wes Woods II, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/19/2011 10:37:46 PM PDT

CLAREMONT - Armed for a war of words with megaphones and sharp tongues, about 30 people from the National Socialist Movement and 400 to 500 anti-Nazi protesters taunted each other Saturday during two rallies drawing attention to America's policy on immigration.

"We have more white people than you," came a barb from someone with the anti neo-Nazi group, which stood at the southeast corner of Foothill and Indian Hill boulevards. "How does it feel?"

Jeff Hall, Southwest States regional director of the neo-Nazi group fired back, "It feels good not to be scared. It's all about quality, not quantity."

The group said they came to protest illegal immigration and to show there are other viewpoints than just Claremont College Mohammed Martinez, 63, of East Los Angeles, yells at Josh Davenport of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group, as the group rallied on Saturday on the corner of Foothill and Indian Hill boulevards in Claremont. (Thomas R. Cordova/Staff Photographer) students who were for "open borders."

Being outnumbered didn't faze the Nazi group, many of whom had bald heads, black or fatigue-style clothing and U.S. flags with swastikas.

They claimed victory Saturday.

"You said you were going to stop us, but you didn't. Thank you for being tools and showing up here today," Hall said on his megaphone.

Hall would use his megaphone to get his group to chant or incite the hundreds across the street while police officers and yellow police tape blocked people from reaching them.

The neo-Nazi chants included "White power," "Whose streets? Our streets," "Heil Hitler" and "If it's brown, flush it down."

A woman in the Nazi group took off an overshirt to reveal a black shirt that read "because the beauty of the white Aryan woman must not perish from the earth ..."

Responses from the other side included chants like "Nazis go home" or insults such as "No matter how hard you try you will not be Edward Norton," which was a reference to the Norton movie "American History X."

Another neo-Nazi, who only gave his first name of Ken, said he was a 44-year-old mechanic who lives in Claremont.

He claimed there were Claremont College students and Claremont police who were part of the neo-Nazi group but declined to say more when asked for specifics.

Neo-Nazi member Josh Davenport, 27, of Las Vegas, and Hall, of Riverside, said they considered the event a success because of potential new membership.

"We saw such a huge spike on a national level and new interest we have had a hard time keeping up with it," Hall said. [He's probably right. - Dan.]

The Nazi protest lasted from noon until about 1:30 p.m.

There were 16 police agencies and more than 110 officers to provide security for the rally, which ended with no arrests or property damage, Claremont police Lt. Mike Ciszek said.

"It went extremely well, and we definitely appreciated mutual aid that came out," Ciszek said. "We would have been overwhelmed in a second if things would have gone bad. It's great to see law enforcement come together for a purpose."

The alternative peace rally, which started at 10 a.m., was held three blocks away at Memorial Park. A large group from the peace rally then walked over to protest the neo-Nazi's presence on Foothill Boulevard.

When the approximately 30 neo-Nazis walked to their location, a small number of protesters confronted them, yelling into a megaphone "garbage" over and over.

Raymond Herrera, founder and president of the Claremont-based anti-illegal immigration group We the People, California's Crusader, was at the event and again said he opposed the neo-Nazi rally.

Herrera said his organization does not join racist groups like neo-Nazi, La Raza or the Ku Klux Klan.

As he spoke, some of the neo-Nazi protesters turned to him and questioned why he hated illegal immigrants, but he did not answer them.

Chris Baca, 35, of Riverside, was part of the anti neo-Nazi rally and briefly confronted them.

"This is racism," he said. "They're claiming they're white when they're not white themselves. I think they're sad. White people were the first illegal immigrants in the country."

Mohammed Martinez, 63, of East Los Angeles, also was able to verbally confront the neo-Nazis and said he remembered confronting the Nazis 30 years ago "back in El Monte." [Frank Collins' Group - Dan.]

Art Gamboa, 50, of Maywood, said he opposed the neo-Nazis.

"I don't think nothing is going to stop these guys," he said.

Hall added he thought Claremont police did a great job in organizing the event and "took it seriously."

There are no immediate plans of coming back to Claremont for another rally, Hall said.

Claremont City Manager Jeff Parker said he was relieved the event was peaceful.

"The First Amendment freedom of speech worked. I'm happy it all concluded with no violence of any kind," Parker said.

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Comment:

What a waste of time! What did they accomplish? I'll admit that the showing of about 30 was impressive, but the opposition was still about 12 to 0ne, in favour of the opposition! Not surprising.

Claremont is an extremely liberal area. I lived there for four years in the late 70's. I even graduated from Claremont High School. It's home to the Claremont Colleges, five Ivy League Schools including Harvey Mudd College, and Scripps College. Indeed, when I lived there, many of the professors were aging Hippies still with long hair, tie-dyed shirts, and love beads. The residents would definitely NOT be very receptive.

Take a note of the first photo. What is the point of all those racist tattoos? For one thing, what does that do for anyone? Also, who would give anyone an honest job with his face, as well as his body covered with tattoos, racialist or other kinds, except maybe in a circus sideshow?

Mr. Hall was wrong when he called the counter-protesters "tools". It was he and the NSM that were the tools. They came out there with the express purpose of rabble-rousing and gaining publicity, and they did succeed. They succeeded in giving the Jewsmedia another chance at trashing the White Nationalist Movement. Congratulations guys, you made ALL of us look bad. You better believe that in the next elections, if any of us run in that area, this will all be stirred up again by the press.

In closing, I'd actually like to thank Raymond Herrerra, who is obviously Latino, for speaking the truth regarding La Raza. He called it a racist organisation, which it is.

Tomorrow: The "other" rally in Memorial Park.