Concord man elicits sex from minors, watches them ‘overdose repeatedly,’ prosecutors say

(KRON) – A Concord man was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison for coercing teenage girls to produce child pornography and supplying them with narcotics, including fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey said on Wednesday.

Javier Antonio Ramires, 29, was charged on March 2023 with one count of coercion and enticement of a minor and one count of receipt of child pornography. Ramirez pleaded guilty to both counts in November 2023, prosecutors said.

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Between June 2021 and February 2023, Ramirez used social media to find minors to persuade them to engage in sexual acts with Ramirez, which, on occasion, Ramirez would film or photograph.

According to the plea agreement, Ramirez admitted having almost 100 videos and images of child pornography, including of prepubescent minors and toddlers.

Ramirez admitted that the first step of the pattern of coercion began with Ramirez supplying narcotics, including fentanyl and cocaine, to girls who were all under the age of 18 years old in exchange for sex.

According to court filings, Ramirez was the one who introduced many of the victims to fentanyl for the first time when the victims were only 16 or 17 years old.

In January 2023, one of the minor victims suffered a non-fatal fentanyl overdose while at a high school in Contra Costa County from fentanyl Ramirez supplied to her in San Francisco the night before.

Over time, Ramirez “watched each identified victim overdose multiple times and yet continued to supply more fentanyl to the victims, all while sexually exploiting them,” prosecutors said.

“Javier Ramirez’s conduct is every parent’s nightmare,” Ramsey said. “That Ramirez introduced minors to fentanyl, a lethal drug, to assist in coercing and exploiting them and then watched those minors overdose repeatedly, only makes matters worse.”

Prosecutors sentenced Ramirez to 240 months for the coercion and enticement count, to be served at the same time as 216 months of imprisonment for the receipt of child pornography count.

Prosecutors also ordered Ramirez to serve 15 years of probation after he served his prison term.

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