By George Mattar, staff writer
George Mattar
Updated 5 hrs ago



A Honduran native who has been living in the U.S. without legal permission was jailed Wednesday on charges he had sex with a 12-year-old girl numerous times inside his car in her school parking lot.

Jorge Luis Ramirez, 33, of Willow Grove, face charges of aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault of a child, corruption of minors and unlawful contact with a minor.

He was arraigned at 4:45 p.m. by District Judge Michael Gallagher and sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of 10 percent of $1 million bail.

Court documents show Ramirez, who said he has a Honduran passport but admitted to Gallagher he is here without legal permission, met the girl at Redemption Episcopal Church in Upper Southampton last month. Ramirez allegedly gave the girl a cellphone so they could communicate.

The two met about 15 times in the parking lot of Robert K. Shafer Middle School in Bensalem and performed sexual acts in the backseat of Ramirez's car, according to court records.

The girl's father found the girl's phone and asked her where she got it, and the girl told him Ramirez had given it to her and they had a sexual relationship, records show. Police interviewed the girl Tuesday and she reportedly reiterated what she told her father.

Detective Larry Leith said police had contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and ICE officials would lodge a detainer against Ramirez at Bucks County prison.

Ramirez's preliminary hearing is scheduled for next month.

If convicted of the charges, Ramirez could go to jail for more than 50 years.

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