FOLSOM, Calif. — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said Tuesday it’s investigating a death after an attack at California State Prison, Sacramento (CSP Sacramento), also known as New Folsom Prison, as a homicide.
At approximately 9:10 a.m. Sunday, corrections officers allegedly saw inmates Gregory Roach, Ronald Ricks and Gregg Reynolds attack fellow prisoner, Randy Schlaepfer, according to a CDCR news release.
Prison officials said staff immediately responded, gave multiple orders to get down, and used pepper spray and an instantaneous blast grenade to stop the attack. Medical staff reportedly provided aid and called 911.
Schlaepfer, 55, appeared to suffer multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at 9:46 a.m. by Folsom Fire Department paramedics, the CDCR said.
Medical personnel also examined the others and transferred Ricks to an outside medical facility, where he is in fair condition, prison officials said. No other prisoners or prison staff were reported injured.
Two inmate-manufactured weapons were found at the scene, according to the CDCR.
The CDCR said Roach and Reynolds are in restricted housing pending an investigation by CSP Sacramento Investigative Services Unit and the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office.
The Office of the Inspector General was notified, and the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office will determine Schlaepfer’s official cause of death, according to the state.
Schlaepfer
Schlaepfer was received from Tulare County on March 15, 1989, to serve a one-year and four-month sentence for second-degree robbery, the CDCR said.
On May 5, 1995, he was once again received from Tulare County to serve life with the possibility of parole for second-degree murder.
While incarcerated he was sentenced on Jan. 1, 2003, to 18 years for assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, and again on Aug. 7, 2015, he was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for assault by prisoner with a deadly weapon likely to cause great bodily injury.
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Roach
Roach, 35, was received from San Diego County on April 17, 2014, to serve three years for theft embezzlement from an elder or dependent adult, two years for possessing ammunition and two years for possession of a firearm by a felon or addict, the CDCR said.
In August 2015, he was released to Post-Release Community Supervision in San Diego County.
On Aug. 31, 2017, he was received from San Diego County to serve one year for assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury.
On Oct. 15, 2019, he was sentenced to 12 years for assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury. While incarcerated he was sentenced on Feb. 2, 2024, to life with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder.
Ricks
Ricks, 38, was received from Riverside County on Oct. 13, 2006, when he was sentenced for carrying a loaded firearm and buying or receiving a stolen vehicle, the CDCR said.
On Oct. 13, 2023, he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder and eight years for assault with a deadly weapon.
Reynolds
Reynolds, 46, was received from Los Angeles County on Feb. 17, 1999, when he was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for second-degree murder, the CDCR said.
While incarcerated, he was sentenced on June 8, 2004, to life without parole for first-degree murder.
CSP Sacramento is a high-security prison in Folsom that houses roughly 1,650 inmates and employs about 1,700 staff, according to the CDCR. It houses people serving long-term sentences, people requiring specialized mental health programming and people with high-risk medical concerns.
The institution reportedly provides rehabilitative programs in fields like work, academics, art, religion, and it was activated in 1986.
CSP Sacramento operates just under a mile southeast from Folsom State Prison, where all of California’s license plates are manufactured.
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