Randall “Herbie” Moss found dead in federal prison cell
FBOP—A man with a familiar name in Saline County has passed away, as of last night, and in his federal prison cell.
Randall “Herbie” Moss, 49, of the well-known Moss family in Harrisburg (whose father established a legacy for the multitude of kids, but many of the boys pissed it away when they got caught up in drugs years later) was found dead in his cell either late last night or early this morning, from unknown causes.
While our sources haven’t advised of where Moss was being held, online information shows that Moss was most recently incarcerated at Fort Dix, New Jersey’s FCI.
Moss was originally incarcerated in federal prison on 2000 federal charges of Conspiracy to Distribute Narcotics (crack cocaine), Distribution of Crack Cocaine, and Unlawful Transport of Firearms/Felon in Possession of a firearm.
Seventeen counts of either Conspiracy to Distribute Narcotic (cocaine and crack cocaine) or Selling, Distributing or Dispensing Narcotics (crack cocaine or cocaine) were later filed against him in superseding indictments, and were later dismissed. The original indictments against him aren’t available online because of how old they are. However, available online documents show the names involved in the matter (presumably in the conspiracy portion) as William Moss, Chad Sanders, Brad Taylor and Tyree Neal.
Moss’ jury trial on the matter was begun May 8, 2001. Court documents show that Moss went through a lot of machinations to get his guilty verdicts overturned and to have a new trial, but he was nevertheless sentenced on one conspiracy and the delivery charges on August 13, 2001, to a 1080 total months, which included 480 months on the conspiracy, and 240 months on delivery.
The case was under continuous appeal and in fact, in the most recent activity in it (Nov. 15, 2011), there was a motion for retroactive application of sentencing guidelines to the crack cocaine offense filed. There was movement toward appointing a federal public defender in the case, but that’s kind of where it dropped off.
More on it as we can get it; keep checking back.
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Posted by Jack Howser
on Sep 19 2012. Filed under Saline.
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…sad for any family to suffer the loss of a loved one, but on the upside, this tragic event may serve to clear some overcrowded court dockets and free up some cell space for the next convicted Moss…
that is bad for you tp say russell
its wrong for you tp say that about mr. moss you judging people by there names now are we . lol thta funny the people saying stuff like you need to look at there selves in a mirror before judging others
I was a child when I met him I grew up around herbie and this is very sad RIP
Mistakes are “Living Life on Lifes Terms (SIC)? What the hell does that even mean? I don’t give a crap about the issue you are bitching about, but can you at least say something that makes remote sense instead of grabbing all the keystrokes you can in as short a time as possible? Maybe advance the conversation with some sort of different angle? Life isn’t a fucking text message.
U Fuckin Idiot! Living Life on Lifes Terms, means Life can throw many different obstacles or situations into peoples lives. We do not control how the ways of the world unfold, we only live the life we’ve been given & do our best to survive! Some people have better outcomes then others. Some people are handed everything & some people have to work & earn what they want. Some people make good decisions & some people make bad decisions. Each one of us are our own individuals! Just because people make bad decisions, does NOT make them bad people. Are you saying you walked before you crawled? NO, u didnt! I dont know who you are exactly, but I do know, you are NOT better then anyone! A Sin is a Sin! You just may have never been caught up on any of your wrong doings. But Trust me, God knows
& Just so were clear, the reason for my outburst was due to the first comment posted on this article. Mr. Russell NY wants to run his mouth, and he was pretty much saying he was glad that a Moss had passed away and stereotyping them, as most of Saline County does, saying it would leave a cell open for the “next convicted Moss”. That’s bullshit. Herbie was a good man. He has children, family and friends that are suffering right now, and no one has the right to be bashing the deceased. Nor stereotypying the Moss name. If you have nothing nice to say just shut your pie hole.
Oh & Mr Educated, “SIC”, LOL~ Maybe you should spend a lil time learning off of experiences & ways of the world. Because those text books @ SIC sure as Hell didnt teach you Respect or Manners! Im Just Sayin
You know, I had to grin. If Ang calls me a fucking idiot I will take notice. You? Mmmm. Not so much. In fact, not at all. Had you the slightest understanding of the point I was making I might dialog. Your rage and anger consume you. Me? Enjoying a beautiful Saturday. Your slander bothered me for all of about 1.25 seconds.
omg lol….you crack me up, chuggington….
PS: That (SIC) I wrote above. How did you ever figure out I was proud of going to Southeastern Illinois College? Sure can’t pull one over on you.
Jack: I really didn’t go to SIC. Just seemed like the right thing to say at the time.
Oh I figured…which is part of why it’s so damn funny.
Oh good Lord…..why even bother!
From all of these testimonials about how great Mr. Moss was tells me that there are some folks that have a considerably different idea about what makes someone great than what I do.
I didn’t know Mr. Moss but usually a couple of dozen felony charges removes a person from my “Great Fellow” category.
It’s our understanding that the Moss men were very charismatic, popular figures here in tha ‘burg, and if they had been able to stay in LEGAL business endeavors–such as what their father left them with the trash pickup service–they would’ve been fine. But they couldn’t. Every last damn one of them got into dealing dope (crack, coke, and in more recent times, meth and pills). It’s true that there are friendly, personable drug dealers. It’s just that some people are more easily able to overlook the fact that they’re DRUG DEALERS.
…Let’s recap….In my original post I first and foremost acknowledged how sad it was for ANY family to suffer the loss of a loved one…I then opined that this sad and unexpected incident MAY serve to free up previously occupied court docket space (an observation based on the documented reality of many a frivolous appeal filed by said convicted felon)…my final observation was based purely on the reality that an uncommonly high percentage of this family have found themselves on the wrong side of the law and in prison…as for this changing…I’m gonna go with the odds and hope to be proven wrong…
My only point was this. Clearly Just Crazy wanted to honor this guy (who I did not know) and turned an old phrase to do it. But to honor him she should have said he Lived Life on HIS OWN Terms. Instead she said he lived life on LIFE’S TERMS. That essentially says he bounced from circumstance to circumstance with no self control. That isn’t a compliment. Then she only wanted to cuss and fuss at me. I suspect the misstatement was correct anyway.
I didn’t know the man. Therefore, I won’t sit back and make any statements regarding who he was as a person etc. I do, however, know one of his children. I just want to express my deepest sympathy and sadness for their loss of a father. Granted, he wasn’t the “ideal father figure”. No child asks to be handed a felon as a father. No child asks for their parent to make the poor decisions that this man made. However, not only are the mourning the loss of an individual that gave them life, they are having to mourn the loss of the idea that they will ever get a chance to get to know this man outside of the prison walls. It’s always the children that suffer the most. It’s them, that I feel the deepest sympathy towards.
I’ve seen Herbie yank the children’s Mother around by the hair on her head in front of the children….