OAKLAND — Two girls will obtain no further jail time via a plea deal over the loss of life of a person who was overwhelmed and stabbed in a high-prostitution neighborhood, information present.
Kimberly Burgos, 24, and Miah Newman, 20, had been each charged with homicide final 12 months in reference to the loss of life of 46-year-old Roy Ramsey in East Oakland. However at current courtroom appearances, each girls pleaded no contest to an adjunct cost for time they’ve already served in jail.
Burgos has been formally sentenced to time she had already served whereas awaiting trial. Newman just isn’t fairly out of the woods; her sentence is contingent upon her not getting arrested between now and Could 13, when she’s subsequent due in courtroom, however she’s been launched from jail within the meantime, information present.
The ladies had been charged with becoming a member of a bunch of 5 suspected intercourse staff who beat and stabbed Ramsey to loss of life within the early morning of March 29, 2024, on the 1500 block of Worldwide Boulevard. Police say the suspected stabber was a then-16-year-old lady being trafficked by an unidentified man. Not less than one attacker used excessive heels as a weapon.
“He was a very kind-hearted young man who lived his life with joy and peace. He was not a threat to anyone, let alone the women who so mercilessly ended his life,” Ramsey’s mom wrote. “The circumstances surrounding Roy’s death are horrifying …This wasn’t merely a crime against Roy; it was a crime against humanity itself.”
Protection attorneys argued Newman and Burgos performed a minor position, if any, within the killing. They’ve additionally argued that Ramsey began the altercation with a lady or lady on the scene and the others joined within the fracas. Burgos’ lawyer, Ernie Castillo, stated at most his consumer could have punched or kicked Ramsey within the buttocks.
“My client was innocent … she did not contribute in any way to the death in this case, and was simply coming to the aid of someone who was being attacked,” Castillo stated. “We are pleased that the murder case was dismissed. It was the right thing to do here.”
Each Newman and Burgos had been launched from jail shortly after being arrested final 12 months, per courtroom orders that require them to put on GPS screens, report back to a job coaching program and never have interaction in prostitution or loiter in areas related to it. Prosecutors didn’t contest their launch from jail, courtroom information present.
Police say they confirmed the lady was the stabber partly via texts from her cellphone, certainly one of which stated, “I stabbed … his booty” and that she used excessive heels to beat Ramsey, who she referred to as a “drunk a–.”
The lady is being prosecuted in juvenile courtroom, the place homicide convictions sometimes resolve in a custodial sentence not exceeding the ward’s twenty fifth birthday.
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