Son of black supremacist leader offered plea deal in child abuse case

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Rameses Richardson, 19, is seen in court in Jersey City on March 17, 2017, on charges he burned and beat a 5-year-old boy in his care. (Michaelangelo Conte | The Jersey Journal)
Rameses Richardson, 19, is seen in court in Jersey City on March 17, 2017, on charges he burned and beat a 5-year-old boy in his care. (Michaelangelo Conte | The Jersey Journal)

By Michaelangelo Conte

The Jersey Journal

JERSEY CITY - The son of a 71-year-old black supremacist cult leader charged with burning and beating a 5-year-old boy in Jersey City was in court again Tuesday where a possible plea deal for the 19-year-old was discussed.

Rameses Richardson of Jersey City was arrested on March 10 and charged with beating the son of his girlfriend with a belt and leaving "whip marks," as well as burning the boy's hands with hot water and locking him in a bathroom overnight multiple times.

A number of sources have identified Richardson as the son of Dwight D. York, the founder of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors. York is serving 135 years in prison for child molestation, racketeering and other offenses. 

A plea offer of 364 days in jail is the state's current offer for Richardson, who officials say has also gone by the names Quinncy Richardson and Prince York. The boy's mother has also been charged and she would be sentenced to probation in a plea deal she was offered. An official said last year that Richardson and the boy's mother lived together.

Dwight York, who is serving his sentence at the supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, went by several names including "Dr. Malachi Z. York," while leading the Nuwaubian movement, which has its roots in Brooklyn.

On his Facebook page Prince York has described himself as "one of the most inspirational public figures in our community. Son of the great Dr. Malachi Z. York who is currently doing 135 years in prison for false charges and legal holding done by the state of Georgia."

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a hate/extremist group watchdog, says the Nuwaubian movement "mixes black supremacist ideas with worship of the Egyptians and their pyramids, a belief in UFOs and various conspiracies related to the Illuminati and the Bilderbergers."

"White people are the devil. They say the Nuwaubians are not racist -- bullcrap! I am...White people are devils -- always was, always will be," the SPLC quotes Dwight York as saying in a lecture.

The next hearing in the matter is set for Jan. 29 before Hudson County Superior Court Judge Nesle Rodriguez in the Hudson County Administration Building in Jersey City.