OAKLAND — A Martinez resident has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for possessing visual depictions of child sexual abuse and coercion of teen girls, one of whom overdosed from fentanyl she allegedly got from the defendant, court records show.
A sentencing memo filed by federal prosecutors describes Ramirez as an “incessant sexual predator” who would sweet-talk teen girls, convince them he wanted to be in a relationship with them, and then simply abandon them when they “aged out” by turning 18. The prosecution memo references Ramirez by preferred pronouns, “they/them/their.”
“When another victim tried to break away, Ramirez threatened her mother that Ramirez would impregnate the victim against her will if she tried to leave,” the prosecution memo says. “The threat was real given that Ramirez physically abused the victims on more than one occasion and already had a young daughter whose mother was a teenager herself.”Ramirez’s attorney, Assistant Federal Public Defender John Paul Reichmuth, describes Ramirez’s “hellish” childhood that included physical abuse.
Prosecutors countered that Ramirez — who was previously convicted of sexual abuse involving a 13-year-old girl — will continue to abuse kids if not imprisoned, and that one of the victims accused him of physical abuse.