Henry Nolkemper biography: 13 things about Los Angeles, California man

One of the biggest injustices I know of was corrected this morning when Alejandra walked out of old Folsom Prison after serving 25+ yrs of a life sentence she received after turning herself in for breaking a church window in Los Angeles in 1997. pic.twitter.com/lr6v3bV15j

— Mike Romano (@mromano) May 16, 2023

Who is Henry Nolkemper?

Henry Edward Nolkemper is an American man from Los Angeles, California, United States. He had a criminal history and context with mental health, according to Los Angeles Police Department assistant chief Blake Chow.

Nolkemper is formerly known as Alejandra Nolkemper. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 1983, he was convicted of second-degree burglary. On September 16, 1984, he was arrested after allegedly vandalizing and robbing churches in Los Angeles.
2. In 1987, he, with an accomplice, burglarized two occupied residences and fired his gun at two homeowners. He was arrested and sentenced to nine years in prison.
3. In 1992, he was convicted of committing battery on a correctional officer and sentenced to two years in state prison.
4. In May 1994, he was released on parole. In December 1994, he returned to prison for violating parole.
5. In August 1996, he was paroled again. Between April 1997 and May 1997, he burglarized five different churches. He pleaded guilty to five counts of burglary.
6. On January 29, 1999, he faced 129 years to life in prison on five burglary counts but prosecutors dismissed four counts and sentenced him to only 25 years in prison. Later in prison, he identified as a pre-operative male-to-female transgender woman and adopted the first name Alejandra.
7. In 2001, he was convicted of battery by a prisoner and in 2005, he was convicted of aggravated battery. While in prison, he committed batteries in 2004 and in 2008 in order to be housed in the security housing unit.
8. In 2012, he was convicted of assault by a prisoner on a non-prisoner. 
9. On June 2, 2014, he initiated a petition to recall her sentence, which was denied on August 31, 2016.
10. In 2020, he filed a petition to recall her sentence again.
11. On May 15, 2023, he was released from the Folsom California State Prison in Folsom, California. On November 14, 2023, he filed for a petition to change his name and gender in the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Pomona, California. The court denied it on January 11, 2024.
12. On November 21, 2023, he turned 61.
13. At around 9:25 p.m. on March 28, 2024, while he was on probation for previous threats to the community, he called the National Suicide Hotline, identified himself as Henry and made several statements regarding the bombing of the TransLatin@ Coalition business in Los Angeles on Juneteenth. On April 11, 2024, he was arrested at his residence in Los Angeles and charged with making a false bomb threat and criminal threats with a hate crime enhancement.

A person by the name of Henry Nolkemper threatened to bomb the Translatina Coalition. Their social media shows a consistent track record of transphobia.

A man who identified himself by that name engaging in a debate with anti-Scientology demonstrators in Hollywood in January. pic.twitter.com/2EXGDVkUfs

— Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (@ACatWithNews) April 18, 2024