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Plea agreement reached before jury returns verdict in Ramey trail
Posted On 15 Mar 2010
A three-day trial for a former Corbin Police Officer and one-time Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy and his son ended prior to a jury verdict Monday afternoon.
Tony Anthony Ramey, 50, and his son, Perry Anthony Ramey, 32, had been standing trial in Whitley Circuit Court since Thursday on charges of first-degree robbery and second-degree assault. Perry Ramey is also charged with theft by deception over $300.
Perry Ramey stole a pistol from his father in 2007, and sold it to Christopher Dalton Brewer for $300 cash.
Tony Ramey was accused of pistol whipping Brewer on June 13, 2007, when he and Perry went to Brewer’s residence in an attempt to get the gun back.
At the time, Tony Ramey was a card carrying Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy and told Brewer that he was under arrest. He also allegedly threatened to kill him.
Shortly after the prosecution rested its case late Monday morning, defense attorneys made routine motions for a directed verdict of not guilty on all the charges.
Special Judge Ron Johnson agreed to dismiss the robbery charge against Tony Ramey noting that there had been no proof that he intended to go to Brewer’s residence that day to rob him.
Soon after the lunch break, attorneys for both sides and Johnson returned to the courtroom and announced that a plea agreement had been reached.
Both Tony Ramey and Perry Ramey pleaded guilty to assault under extreme emotional disturbance in exchange for prosecutors recommending a five-year prison sentence for each man — the maximum sentence for the class ‘D’ felony.
Perry Ramey also pleaded guilty to an amended charge of theft by deception under $500, which is a class ‘A’ misdemeanor punishable by up to 12 months in jail.
Prosecutors plan to oppose probation requests by both men, but Johnson indicated he would likely order Tony Ramey to serve his time on home incarceration due to his background.
Ramey served 20 years in the U.S. Navy before retiring and served several years as a police officer. He has no prior criminal record.
Johnson indicated that it is very unlikely he will grant probation for Perry Ramey.
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Tony Ramey should not get home incarceration just because he served in the Navy. That should not give him a pass to get a lesser sentence for a crime he has committed. He and his son nearly killed a man all over the sale of a gun and he used his “deputy” status as a license to get away with it. He deserves the five year sentence. Any regular citizen would sure get it.
Rachel Poole testified today and her oscar winning performance was just unbelievable, so many lies that I thought she was pinnocio. She needs to go back solid gold in Richmond and resume her stripping career, she is so blanken ugly she could suck start a harley.
The lies Brewer told friday defy imagination, today he acted like he was having a seizure and his dad said that he was having one, but what is strange is he was talking while having the seizure and when out of eye sight he was walking normal. ONe thing the jury didn’t know was that Brewer and Poole are both under indictment for drugs, 33 months ago they were charged and have yet to be tried. The jury wasn’t allowed to hear that. Both of them will have to answer eventually and justice will prevail.