CRISTINA RAMIREZ - 13 yo - Hollister CA

San Benito County authorities have released more details this morning about
an active Amber Alert for a 13-year-old Hollister girl.
Cristina Ramirez was reported missing around 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to law enforcement officials.


She is described as a Hispanic girl, about 4 feet tall, weighing 85 pounds,
with brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing her school uniform
which consists of a white polo shirt and a blue skirt.

Authorities are searching for her father, Marcelo Ramirez, as a suspect in her abduction.
He is described as a 34-year-old Hispanic man, 5 feet 6 inches tall,
weighing 150 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.
His vehicle is described as
a white Honda Odyssey with California license plate No. 3WAN638.
The Odyssey has tinted rear windows and a Coast Auto Insurance sticker on the rear window.
Anyone with information is asked to call (831) 636-4101.
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/AMBER-ALERT-Father-Suspected-of-Kidnapping-Daughter-128755888.html

SAN BERNARDINO (KABC) --
A missing Northern California teen and her suspected kidnapper were
found Wednesday by CHP along the 215 Freeway in San Bernardino.

The San Benito County Sheriff's Department said the girl was abducted from Hollister, north of Salinas, on Tuesday.
An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday night to search for 13-year-old Christina Ramirez.
The California Highway Patrol received reports of possible sightings at about 4:40 a.m. Wednesday n San Bernardino.
The CHP confirmed the girl and her suspected kidnapper, identified by
authorities as her father 34-year-old Marcelino Ramirez, were found on
the 215 Freeway, north of the 10 Freeway.
The Amber Alert was canceled after the two were found.
The girl and the suspect were taken to a CHP station in Sam Bernardino
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=8336672

The district attorney's office has charged
the county man responsible for a statewide Amber Alert and accused him
of kidnapping his 13-year-old daughter days after committing lewd acts
against her, according to court records.

Prosecutors charged
Marcelino F. Ramirez, 34, in connection with the Amber Alert issued
around midnight Tuesday after authorities believed he had taken his
daughter with intentions to molest her, according to court records in
the case.

He was arrested around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in San
Bernardino County after a witness reported seeing a suspect fitting the
Amber Alert description.

The witness reported seeing him driving
the 1997 Odyssey van in question on southbound Interstate 15 north of
I-215. The California Highway Patrol pulled him over and arrested him -
with a large amount of cash - and found the girl uninjured and asleep in
the back of the van.

The San Benito County District Attorney's
Office filed charges later that same day. Those allegations include
felony counts of kidnapping a child under age 14 to commit lewd or
lascivious acts; lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14; and
preventing or dissuading a witness or victim from reporting a crime.

The
criminal complaint alleged that Ramirez committed lewd or lascivious
acts against the girl Aug. 26, four days before the suspected
kidnapping.

Ramirez is being held at the San Benito County Jail
on $250,000 bail. He had his court appearance Thursday continued so he
can hire an attorney, according to records. His next appearance, for an
arraignment, is set for 2 p.m. Tuesday in room 101 before Judge Steven
Sanders.

The judge also issued a protective order barring Ramirez from coming within 100 yards of the suspected victim.

The
maximum prison time for the offenses includes eight years for
kidnapping, eight years for lewd acts and one year for dissuading a
witness or victim, according to the California Penal Code.
http://hollisterfreelance.com/news/278645-da-alleges-lewd-acts-related-to-amber-alert-case