CLERMONT RAPE INDICT

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, ONE CLERMONT COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON MULTIPLE COUNTS OF RAPE. 
YESTERDAY (TUESDAY), A CLERMONT (CLAIRE-MONT) COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED 45-YEAR-OLD SAMUEL RAMIREZ OF BATAVIA ON 32 COUNTS OF RAPE AND ONE COUNT OF GROSS SEXUAL IMPOSITION. AN INVESTIGATION BEGAN EARLIER THIS MONTH AFTER A CHILD REPORTED BEING SEXUAL ASSAULTED WHILE AT CLERMONT MERCY HOSPITAL. THE INDICTMENT ALLEGES THAT RAMIREZ SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THREE SIBLINGS OVER SEVERAL YEARS WHILE THEY WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 9 AND 14. ONE OF THE VICTIMS IS FEMALE. RAMIREZ IS A CITIZEN OF GUATEMALA AND BELIEVED TO BE IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHILDREN IS UNCLEAR.