According to Hudson County officials, on October 30th , at approximately 11:45 p.m., Oscar Ramirez, 27, of North Bergen, was arrested without incident by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit.
Police say Ramirez was arrested at the Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City on charges involving the sexual assault and kidnapping of a woman on October 25th in North Bergen.
Ramirez was charged with the following first-degree crimes: Kidnapping in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1; Aggravated Sexual Assault While Armed with a Weapon in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2; Aggravated Sexual Assault during the Commission of a Crime in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2; and Robbery while Armed with a Weapon in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1.
Ramirez was also charged with Aggravated Criminal Sexual Contact While Armed with a Weapon in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-3; Aggravated Criminal Sexual Contact During the Commission of a Crime in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-3; Terroristic Threats in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3; Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4; and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5.
Ramirez was transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny pending his first appearance. The Prosecutor’s Office has filed a motion for pretrial detention of the defendant. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, November 6, 2019.
Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the North Bergen Police Department for the investigation and arrest.
According to police, on Saturday, October 26, at approximately 12:20 a.m., the North Bergen Police Department received a report of a sexual assault that allegedly occurred on 46th Street near John F. Kennedy Boulevard in North Bergen.
The sexual assault was reported to have occurred on October 25, 2019, shortly after 11:30 p.m.
The alleged female victim, age 23, of North Bergen, was walking along 46th Street when she was grabbed from behind by an unknown male suspect, was threatened with a sharp object and then pulled into the Grove Church Cemetery where the sexual assault is alleged to have occurred.
The above charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6).