February 22, 2021
The Levy County Sheriff’s Office received information from the United States Marshals’ Service that a registered sex offender planned to leave the country on an international flight due to depart this past Saturday, February 20, 2021. Sex offenders are required to notify the county in which they are registered of any planned travel, to include international travel, twenty one (21) days prior to leaving. Joel Ramirez (9/5/71) failed to make proper notification to the LCSO of this intended trip.
Corporal CJ Perryman acting upon this information confirmed Ramirez had purchased a ticket to Bogota, Columbia on February 18th for a flight scheduled to depart Orlando on February 20th. Ramirez had not notified the LCSO of this planned international travel. Detective Perryman secured a warrant for Ramirez’s arrest and coordinated the arrest with the United States Marshals’ Service, the Orlando Police Department and the Orlando Division of Customs and Border Protection Agency.
Ramirez, convicted of Lewd and Lascivious Molestation of a child between the ages of 12-15 in 2013, was arrested while attempting to board the plane in Orlando. Ramirez was booked into the Orange County Jail and is being held awaiting transfer to Levy County on a $200,000.00 bond.