‘Thug in a petite package:' Lancaster woman imprisoned for breaking into home, assaulting juvenile
The Lancaster County District Attorney's Office says Najee Aalliyah Ramirez, 27, of the 700 block of Sterling Place on Friday, was found guilty of charges of burglary, corruption of minors, and simple assault following a three-day trial in absentia in May 2024.
According to the DA's Office, on Aug. 11, 2022, a disagreement between a juvenile co-defendant and the juvenile victim led to Najee and Jajaira Ramirez, 38, encouraging the juveniles to settle the argument by fighting. When the juvenile victim and her mother refused to come outside to fight them, Najee and Jajaira forced the door open, rushed inside, and attacked the victim and her mother.
Jajaira Ramirez was found guilty during the same May 2024 trial and sentenced to one year less one day to two years less one day of confinement, followed by three years of probation. The case of a second co-defendant, Aisha Kemmerer, is still pending. The final co-defendant, Ramirez's then-16-year-old niece, had her case resolved in juvenile court, per the DA's Office.
Prosecutor Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Lapp told the court that Najee Ramirez has exhibited 'zero remorse for her actions' during and after the trial, as she failed to appear for her trial and a subsequent bail hearing. Ramirez was ultimately arrested on a bench warrant in March.
Judge Jeffrey Conrad said he believed Ramirez went to the home solely to assault a child, calling it 'a miracle' that she survived the incident and encouraging her to 'grow up this second.'
The DA's Office said Ramirez wrote a letter to the court but was unable to read it. Judge Conrad read the letter to the court, which said she 'ran away from my problems instead of dealing with them' and apologized for 'feeding into negativity' in a series of social media posts directed at the victim after the assault.
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However, the DA's Office said Judge Conrad challenged Ramirez's hesitance to speak, telling her that her 'mouth ran like a duck's backside' when she broke into a home and 'beat on a child,' saying her actions are not of a mother or grown woman, but of 'a thug in a petite package.'
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