Nelson Enrike Ramirez, Robbery, California 2020

Oakland, CA - In a shocking turn of events, Nelson Enrike Ramirez, a 40-year-old man from Union City, has been arraigned on a federal criminal complaint charging him with robbery affecting interstate commerce.

The complaint, filed on November 6, 2020, alleges that Ramirez robbed a 7-Eleven convenience store on Washington Boulevard in Fremont, California. According to the complaint, Ramirez entered the store wearing a black or grey inside-out hooded sweatshirt, a black COVID-19-style mask, and a grey glove. He allegedly told the clerk he needed a soda from the soda machine and as the clerk approached to help, Ramirez pulled what appeared to be a black handgun from his pocket.

He ordered the clerk to walk to the cash register, where the clerk gave Ramirez approximately $200 from the register. Ramirez looked in another register and then left the store.

The criminal complaint also alleges that between May and November 2020, Ramirez committed 21 commercial robberies and two attempted commercial robberies in the San Francisco Bay Area, with 22 of them taking place in October or November 2020. According to the complaint, Ramirez committed his robberies in Fremont, Newark, Hayward, Union City, Campbell, Milpitas, Mountain View, Los Altos, and Sunnyvale.

Ramirez made his initial appearance in federal court today before United States Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen. Ramirez remains in custody and his next scheduled appearance is on Friday, April 2, for status on his detention before United States Magistrate Judge Robert M. Illman.

A complaint merely alleges that crimes have been committed, and Ramirez is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If convicted, Ramirez faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and a maximum fine of $250,000 or twice the gross pecuniary gain to the defendant or twice the gross pecuniary loss inflicted on victims, plus restitution if appropriate.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/union-city-man-charged-robbery-connection-series-bay-area-commercial-robberies