Thread: CA-Father of gang-tattooed 7-year-old arrested

Father of gang-tattooed 7-year-old arrested - Man faces child abuse, other charges after 7-year-old tattooed.

Published online on Thursday, May. 14, 2009
By Marc Benjamin
The Fresno Bee

A man alleged to have forced his 7-year-old son to get a gang tattoo was arrested by law enforcement officers Wednesday in Madera County.

Officers found Enrique Gonzalez at a motel near Coarsegold.

Gonzalez, 26, of Fresno was arrested at the Black Hawk Inn, where he was with his girlfriend, Mikayla Ramirez, 20.

Police say Enrique Gonzalez of Fresno held down his 7-year-old son while another gang member tattooed a gang insignia on the boy’s right hip. Gonzalez was arrested Wednesday in Madera County.

Investigators saw Ramirez leaving the room and asked her whether Gonzalez was inside. She confirmed he was there. Following a brief escape attempt through a rear window of the room, Gonzalez surrendered.

After his arrest, police discovered a photograph of Gonzalez, his son and a third child. The two children had gang graffiti on their bodies, police said.

Police first learned of the incident three weeks ago when, they said, Gonzalez held down his son while another gang member tattooed a gang insignia -- a dog paw -- on the boy's right hip.

The man alleged to have tattooed the boy, Travis Dewayne Gorman, 20, of Fresno, was arrested April 21. His bail is listed as $700,000, according to Fresno County Jail records. Gorman is not a licensed tattoo artist but does tattoos for Bulldog gang members. It is illegal in California for a child younger than 18 to get a tattoo, officials said.

Gonzalez was being booked into Fresno County Jail on suspicion of child abuse, mayhem, battery with gang enhancements, false imprisonment, participating in criminal street gang activity and committing a crime for the benefit of a gang, police said.

Ramirez was booked on suspicion of harboring a fugitive and has $25,000 in warrants, police said Wednesday.

Gonzalez and the boy's mother are separated, and the boy was staying with his father during the Easter break, police said. The child was traumatized by the incident, family members told police.

The reporter can be reached at mbenjamin@fresnobee.com or (559) 441-6166.

http://www.fresnobee.com/265/story/1402803.html

They could arrest hundreds of father who do this every week. But they won't, just like they don't arrest and deport illegal aliens.

Isn't Globalism great?