Results 1 to 2 of 2

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

  1. #1
    Senior Member Brian503a's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    California or ground zero of the invasion
    Posts
    16,029

    Guilty plea in brutal beating of teenage girl

    http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006 ... 006/207006

    Guilty plea in beating
    July 18, 2006 12:50 am




    By BILL FREEHLING

    A Woodbridge man pleaded guilty yesterday to a brutal attack on a teenage girl last year in Spotsylvania County.

    The Aug. 16, 2005, attack severely injured the left eye of 16-year-old Spotsylvania girl Rebecca McDonald, who has undergone three surgeries but is still having problems with her vision.

    Jose Domingo Ramirez, 29, pleaded guilty yesterday in Spotsylvania Circuit Court to one count each of aggravated malicious wounding and abduction.

    Ramirez faces the possibility of life in prison for the aggravated assault. His sentencing hearing has been set for Oct. 6, and Spotsylvania prosecutor Stuart Sullivan said he intends to seek "the harshest of punishments" for the unprovoked attack.

    According to prosecution evidence, the girl, who was 15 at the time, left her home in the Olde Greenwich subdivision about 6:30 p.m. last Aug. 16. She planned to walk to a friend's nearby home.

    As she walked through the neighborhood, Rebecca saw Ramirez doing repair work on an unoccupied town home. Ramirez, whom she had never seen before, called out "mamacita" to her.

    According to several Web sites, "mamacita" is a Spanish word that can be used by men to tell a girl that she is pretty.

    The girl ignored the catcall and walked on toward her friend's house. Rebecca heard footsteps behind her and turned to see Ramirez. He began speaking to her in Spanish and grabbed her after a few moments. Ramirez then pulled her down a hill.

    Rebecca scratched Ramirez's arms and face and screamed for help, according to prosecution evidence. Ramirez held her face down in a small stream, released her briefly, picked up a large rock from the stream and smashed her in the left side of her face with the rock as she lay in the water.

    James Snyder, a resident of Olde Greenwich and a history teacher at James Monroe High School in Fredericksburg, heard the screams and saw the man strike Rebecca with the rock. Snyder yelled at Ramirez, who ran into the woods, according to the evidence. Snyder ran to help the girl, whose face was badly swollen and covered in blood. She was rushed to Mary Washington Hospital.

    Doctors determined that Rebecca's left eye socket had been shattered, and that the ligaments holding her eye in place had been severely damaged. She has undergone three operations, but her left eye still doesn't rest in its proper place, and her eyesight is still impaired. Additional surgery is possible, Sullivan said.

    Rebecca still does not understand why Ramirez attacked her, according to prosecution evidence. Sullivan called Rebecca a "wholly innocent victim."


    To reach BILL FREEHLING: 540/374-5424
    Email: bfreehling@freelancestar.com
    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at http://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  2. #2
    Senior Member Brian503a's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    California or ground zero of the invasion
    Posts
    16,029
    http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006 ... 006/207417

    Man involved in assault is an illegal immigrant

    A man who pleaded guilty Monday to a brutal attack on a teenage girl last year in Spotsylvania County is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, authorities say.

    Jose Domingo Ramirez, 29, was convicted Monday of aggravated malicious wounding and abduction. He admitted to attacking 16-year-old Spotsylvania girl Rebecca McDonald last August and faces up to life in prison.

    Rebecca has undergone three surgeries on her left eye since the attack but is still struggling with vision, according to prosecution evidence.

    The assault occurred near the girl's home in the Olde Greenwich subdivision. The girl was walking to a friend's home when Ramirez called out to her; she ignored him and kept walking. He then attacked her unprovoked, smashing a large rock against her left eye before running away, according to prosecution evidence.

    Prosecutors said Ramirez has been held without bond since the attack. His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 6.

    --Bill Freehling

    Date published: 7/19/2006
    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at http://eepurl.com/cktGTn

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •