Biography
Andy J. Riendeau, known as "John Two Names," is a longtime Native American activist whom the Anarchist Black Cross (2003) described as framed on an arson charge while held in Alabama.
Contemporary Cullman Times reporting identifies Andy John Riendeau and dates his arrest to September 5, 1996. Its July 2, 1997 sentencing report describes convictions on two second-degree arson counts, four third-degree burglary counts and vehicle entry, followed by a ninety-year term imposed by Judge Don Hardeman. District Attorney Len Brooks prosecuted; defense attorney Joe Morgan III disputed the physical evidence. A December 11, 1997 report places Andy at Ventress Correctional Facility, distinguishing him from his brother at Easterling and co-defendant Jason Couch’s Elmore placement. This is historical institutional evidence, not a current location. The account also describes a brief pretrial escape; no complete continuous-custody total is inferred. His family alleged ethnic prejudice, while defense attorneys challenged the confessions; these claims remain attributed rather than findings by a court.