CA - Former cop Richard Ray Ramirez charged with kidnapping and beating girlfriend while on parole for domestic violence - Oct 12, 2023

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Ex-sheriff's sergeant allegedly tortured girlfriend while on parole for domestic violence

Richard Ray Ramirez was charged with kidnapping and torture for allegedly holding his girlfriend against her will and and physically abusing her.

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A 49-year-old former law enforcement officer in California who was already on parole was arrested again over the weekend and now faces a possible life sentence for allegedly holding his girlfriend against her will and ruthlessly beating her.

Richard Ray Ramirez was taken into custody on Sunday and charged with one count of torture, one count of injury to a significant other after a prior conviction, and one count of kidnapping, authorities announced.

In the criminal complaint, prosecutors said Ramirez, a former sergeant with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, intended to “cause cruel and extreme pain and suffering for the purpose of revenge, extortion, persuasion” when he allegedly attacked the woman.

Officers with the Visalia Police Department at about 4 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 8 responded to a call regarding an adult female in need of medical assistance at an area located near McAuliff Street and Walnut Avenue, the Visalia Times Delta reported. The location is approximately 50 miles southeast of Fresno, California.

Upon arriving at the scene, first responders reportedly encountered a 26-year-old female who told them that she had been kidnapped and assaulted by Ramirez, who was also on the scene when officers arrived.

 

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n a copy of the probable cause affidavit obtained by Fresno ABC affiliate KFSN, police wrote that there were visible signs of physical abuse on the victim, whose nose was broken and “bent towards the right side of her face.” She also had bruising around her neck and suffered a broken wrist when she landed on asphalt after Ramirez allegedly threw her out of a truck.
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The police report also mentioned Ramirez and the victim had been in a dating relationship for about four months and that Ramirez was under the influence of alcohol and a controlled substance.

He was already on parole for a 2021 domestic violence conviction involving three victims.

Richard Ramirez was sentenced to five years and eight months in state prison in May of 2021 for violent crimes against multiple women.

But prosecutors say he was released after serving less than half that time due to in-custody credits.

The Tulare County District Attorney's office says if Ramirez is found guilty of the new charges, he could face life in prison.
Former Tulare County Sheriff's sergeant charged with torture, kidnapping