4 illegals are facing assault charges
Lakewood man was beaten with bat
By Margaret F. Bonafide • STAFF WRITER • September 4, 2008



LAKEWOOD — Four Hackett Street men were charged Tuesday in connection with the assault of a township man and are being held in lieu of bail and on immigration detainers, police said.

About 8 p.m. Aug. 23, Officer Kelly Zrebiec responded to a report of a fight and discovered Anselmo Mendoza of Lakewood beaten with a baseball bat and a shovel, said Detective Lt. Joseph Isnardi. Detectives Oscar Valmon and Steve Wexler investigated the assault and arrested four men about 6 p.m. Tuesday at their home in the 600 block of Hackett Street.

Ezequiel Ramirez-Garcia, 24, and brothers Jose Alvarado-Gonzalez, 22, and Rudolfo Alvarado-Gonzalez, 19, were each charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. A fourth man, Sylvester Ramos-Ruiz, was charged with making terroristic threats.

Police said that Ramirez-Garcia struck Mendoza with a shovel, and the Alvarado-Gonzalez brothers both struck him with a baseball bat, police said.

Mendoza suffered a head laceration and required both staples and stitches to close his wounds, Isnardi said.

Another Lakewood man, Samuel Mendoza, was also injured when he was struck with a shovel, police said. The relationship between Anselmo and Samuel is unknown, police said. Both were taken to Kimball Medical Center, here, for treatment.

All four suspects are undocumented illegal aliens and have been issued no-bail detainers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to keep them in jail until immigration matters can be clarified, police said. The Alvarado-Gonzalez brothers and Ramirez-Garcia are each being held in lieu of $75,000 bail with no 10 percent option. Ramos-Ruiz's bail is set at $10,000 with no 10 percent option.

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