Meet the Amazing Ronald Brooks from Brick Township, New Jersey
Many of you already know this amazing man, some of you have heard of him and for those who don t, I want to introduce you to my friend Ronald Brooks of Brick Township. As part of my ongoing series
On the Streets of Ocean County I want to use this week s article to bring you this amazing man s story and our friendship.
Ronald and I have become friends over the years and every day I m treated by a text from Ron saying Good Morning Brother, Have a Blessed Day and I look forward to hearing from him each morning. This man is truly inspiring and we need more Ronald Brooks in this world..which would make this world a better place to live.
to have power over her. and the guy was just along because he was there? he was there, yeah. and i had power over him, too, with the gun. but she was the one that i had been put down by, the look at me, and so when i seen her again, i decided to show her. on december 7th, 1975, ronald brook was arrested in connection with the death of susan worthen. he was convicted of kidnapping, sexual assault and murder and sentenced to life in prison for his crimes. i am not a bank robber, and i m not some guy that ripped off a bunch of drug dealers. i didn t do something that you brag about on the yard. i say, hey, i killed an innocent girl that didn t have it coming. ronald brook may claim he is
normally show emotion. it s a sign of weakness. coming up, brook tries to run from his past. we are so high on adrenaline, that time almost stops. and later brook comes clean about the murder and reveals a shocking new detail about the night of the crime. i felt numb and cold but i didn t stop.
ronald brook s lifetime of anger towards women ended the life of susan worthen. but there are darker secrets from that night that may be more difficult to admit. i am quiet, because usually if people let their mouths run away, they end up saying things that they really shouldn t say. but in the group, i am not going to hold back my feelings if i can help it. what brook admits in this room in the upcoming weeks will put this new trust to the test. coming up, as his marriage falls apart, brook begins to unravel. we had been married about a year when she told me that she cheated on me. and later now, this was a stupid thing
for some inmates, showing these papers can be dangerous. prisoners with taboo crimes are often targets for violence. ronald brook may have something to hide but he s tired of running from the truth. what i usually do, i reach out down here and get my cases with my court papers in it and i said, you want to know who i am, there it is, dig. i ain t going to go for it. over the years, brook became more comfortable with admitting his crimes and trusted his cellmate with his story. when i first came to this prison in 1997, i moved in with a man named jonesy. and we lived together for nine years and never had any arguments, which is rare in prison. we were best friends. brook admitted details to the crime to jonesy that he hasn t