A former Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputy was charged after allegedly showing teenage girls at a high school violent pornography that depicted a woman getting stabbed.
Former Deputy Justin Ramirez is accused of showing four girls, who were 15 and 16 years old at the time, a pornographic video in September while the former deputy was working as a school resource officer, according to a press release from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
Two of the girls reportedly approached Ramirez’s deputy car on Sept. 2 during lunch at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo, where the deputy showed the two girls “a pornographic video that included a woman being stabbed to death,” according to the DA. Ramirez also allegedly showed the two girls another video that depicted “graphic drug use.”
The two girls then allegedly called two other teen girls over to the car, where the former deputy allegedly showed all four girls the videos.
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“School resource officers are in our children’s schools to ensure a safe learning environment and help build trust between law enforcement and our community,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in the press release.
“Ramirez had no business being in a position of trust around children – and he abused that position of trust in a truly disgusting way. Thankfully, the Sheriff’s Department took swift action to investigate this criminal behavior and refer it to our office so that we can properly prosecute this deputy.”
“I want him off the street. … [H]e abused his power and authority in the worst possible way.”
An attorney for one of the girls, Michael Guisti, added that his client was called over to the car by a group of boys who were gathered to allegedly watch the pornographic video, CBS News reported. Guisti said the video “was described as two people humping.” The DA’s office, however, did not cite…
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