A Concord man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison this week for coercing and enticing teenaged girls to produce child pornography and receiving child pornography, federal authorities announced Wednesday.
Javier Antonio Ramirez, 29, was indicted March 2023 with one count of coercion and enticement of a minor and one count of receipt of child pornography, after striking a plea agreement with prosecutors. Ramirez pleaded guilty to both counts on November 13, 2023.
“Javier Ramirez’s conduct is every parent’s nightmare,” said U.S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey, in a statement. “That Ramirez introduced minors to fentanyl, a lethal drug, to assist in coercing and exploiting them and then watched those minors overdose repeatedly, only makes matters worse.”
According to the plea agreement, Ramirez admitted that between June 2021 through February 2023, he used social media to identify minor girls to persuade them to engage in sexual intercourse and sexually explicit conduct with him, which, on occasion, Ramirez would film or photograph.
Ramirez admitted the pattern of coercion began with supplying narcotics to girls, who were all under the age of 18. Ramirez provided narcotics, including cocaine and fentanyl, to these victims at discounted prices or even for free in exchange for sexual acts.
According to court filings, Ramirez introduced many of his victims to fentanyl when the victims were 16 or 17 years old. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said that, over time, Ramirez watched each identified victim overdose multiple times and yet continued to supply more fentanyl to the victims, all while sexually exploiting them.
In January 2023, one of the minor victims suffered a non-fatal overdose while at a high school in Contra Costa County, from fentanyl Ramirez had taken her to procure in San Francisco the previous night.
Ramirez also pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography. According to the plea agreement, Ramirez admitted having almost 100 videos and images of child pornography, including of prepubescent minors and toddlers.
Ramirez will serve 240 months in prison for the coercion and enticement count, to be served concurrently with 216 months of imprisonment for the receipt of child pornography count. The judge also ordered Ramirez to serve 15 years of supervised release which will begin when he is paroled. Ramirez was immediately remanded into custody after the sentencing.
The prosecution is the result of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations, the Contra Costa Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Lafayette Police Department, and the Contra Costa Sherriff’s Office.
Way to go DOJ. Much better results than the local, political, DA’s we have in CC and Alameda County.
You are beyond scum!. One of these girls is in my family and we cannot wait to hear how your jailtime goes. And you have a family who will forever be humiliated simply by being related to you.
You deserve everything you got and then some but the best part is that this girl, is going to go on and do great things with her life. You didn’t break her, and you picked the wrong family to screw with. I am so proud of her for showing up. She has more balls than you could ever hope for.
Agreed! I hope nothing but the best for her. Let that scum rot
Feed him to the sharks tie him on a boat crane in the bay and toss chum in the water below him and lower him slow. Ppv to get revenue
Put him in the general population in prison that says “I AM A CHILD MOLESTER” and see how long he last. 20 years isn’t near enough prison time.
They check your paperwork. They’ll find out he’ll end up paying. It’s sad when prisoners have a better moral code than the cops and police that put them there. Oh well he’ll pay.
The inmates know. The guy is going to have a rough 20 years.
Death by a thousand cuts is too good for these pervs.
If only we were this tough on all the other criminals. *sigh*