eugene melendres ramos was booked today. kron 4's kate thompson begins our coverage tonight. >> reporter: the two-year-old girl was out of sight for just moments. she was putting back ribbon when eugene melendres ramos, a convicted sex offender snatched her. >> a male suspect pinned the little girl to the floor in the store and removed her diaper, removed his pants and was stratling the girl, the grandmother could tell the suspect was sexually assaulting the girl. they chased eugene melendres ramos when he took off running. >> auntie and the grandmother and she was just -- just hysterical, holding the baby and saying please, please, help me, you know, and i said -- i couldn't do nothing but help. >> she chased after him, i chased after him. i caught him. he tried to square off with me. >> reporter: they tackled eugene melendres ramos till police arrested him. reporting in union city, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> new at 11:00, this is not the first time eugene melendres ramos has been accused of molesting a child. kron 4's

coming up inmy next report he will go to ramos neighborhood to see what more we can find out about ramos and history. reporting live in union city kraig debro. >> we talked to the family of the suspect eugene ramos. we were told he has a long history of attempted rape and other crimes. 36-year-old eugene ramos was convicted of attacking a seven- year-old girl in 2003. ramos was not under court supervision because he served his sentence for that crime. relatives of ramos reacted to the latest incidents. >> i'm very sorry. he did not intentional. maybe something went wrong with his mind. i'm very, very sorry. >> relatives say ramos struggles with both mental depression and anxiety. they say he did not take his medication when he went to the dollar store. our channel 2 website ktvu.com has a link to sex offenders registry data base. you can look for that link under ktvu right now. >>> >>> johan necessary mehserle goes back in front of a judge this morning. >> reporter: you can see in the distance the bart police are actually in the parking lot here at the fruitvale part station today. there

detenerlo, ramramos es un agres sexual luego de cometer un mismo hecho en el 2003, la fiscal señaló que ramos enfrenta cargo de cometer acto lascivos contra una menor. en la corte la fiscal le pidió al juez de que salga libre bajo fianza, argumentando que ést representa un gran peligro para la sociedad. el juez dijo que se retiró la opción de fianza de 350 mil dólares que hasta hoy habían fijado, ramos estará detenido sin posibilidad de quedar libre. debido a la gravedad, el hecho que ya había atacado otra niña en el pasad 21 añon. >>> el acusado sabían que ramos era un ofensor sexual,

when they looked for the girl they found ramos and the girl in the aisle. ramos had disrobed. the little girl had also been disrobed. he was chased out of the store by the grandmother and two good samaritans helped subdue ramos. they called police. they sat on him literally. we're also hearing from a neighbor here that police were out in this neighborhood yesterday. somebody else may have been taken into custody as well. we'll have to check into that as well and find out what exactly the requirements are for somebody in ramos' position. people around his neighborhood are pretty surprised, upset, and angry they had little idea of this man's past. reporting live in union city kraig debro. >> our channel 2 website ktvu.com has a link to california sex offender data base. you can search for registered sex offenders in your area. just look for the link under ktvu right now. >>> we have new details on a story we told you about yesterday. roanoke park officials say a two-year-old girl was killed her mother seriously injured after they were hit by a teenage driver. it happened near sn

investigators say the man in the video is eugene ramos. well, cops say it took him only six minutes to enter the store before he attempted to rape a little girl. ramos is in jail tonight, and for the first time her mother is talking about what may have set him off. dramatic surveillance video shows a man, who police say is ramos, running through the crowd aisles of the dollar store. look closely and you can see how his clothing is being pulled by someone just before he frantically runs out the door. ramos is running because seconds before he sexually assaulted a two-year-old girl right in the store aisle. ramos' mother today expressed her sorrow for what happened. >> you're sorry? >> yeah, i'm sorry. >> reporter: ramos' mother ida told us her son has lived with her since his prison release four years ago, that he suffers from schizophrenia and he failed to take his medication the day of the assault. he walked into court today to face three felony sex assault charges, the judge ordering ramos to be held without bail. ramos completed parole

ramos is supposed to take medication regularly for depression and anxiety. sáe called him quote -- she called him quote a good son who is sad and depressed and she apologized to the 2-year-old and her family. >> i am very sorry. he did that not intentionally. maybe something went wrong through his mind. that he didn't know what he was doing and he did that. i only -- i'm very, very sorry. >> reporter: ramos served five years behind bars and in a mental association a mental institution for five years. >>> and a man is behind bars for the death of his 2-year-old son. police say the father loaded and placed the mother's gun in an unsecured drawer just this morning. just a few hours later, the 2- year-old and his 4-year-old brother were playing in the bedroom when a gunshot was heard. >> anyone who has a weapon in their house, a handgun they need to make sure that has a trigger lock on it, if it doesn't have a trigger lock, that needs to be in a safe away from kids. >> reporter: the 2-year-old boy died soon after in the hospital. >>> transcripts from jaycee dug

. >> 36-year-old eugene ramos has been down this road before back in 2003. he was convicted of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl. this time around it's a two-year-old girl. take a look where it happened. as you mentioned the dollar tree store. this is dakota road in union city it. it happened at 1:00 in the afternoon, broad daylight right in the middle of the store in an aisle. the grandmother of the girl tells police she became separated from her granddaughter for she says less than a minute and then found the girl with ramos on top of her, both of them with their pants down. the girl's pants and diaper were off. the grandmother screamed and ramos tried to get away but two men stopped him. >> i looked at the baby and the lady standing there asking me to help. so i just tackled the guy and sat on him. >> he gave up a stance so i gave up a stance also. swung at him. i popped him in the cheek. he swung back and missed. >> ramos has been booked on rape, kidnapping and lewd acts with a child. he's being held at santa rita jail. he's expected here at the

his name is eugene ramos, a convicted sex offender. he is in jail in dublin, but expected here at the fremont hall of justice later for his first court appearance. we believe the district attorney will charge him with kidnapping, rape, sexual acts with a child and false imprisonment. the girl was shopping with her aunt and grandmother at the dollar store and left them briefly to return a christmas ribbon she had taken. less than 30 seconds later, the grandmother found ramos and sexually assaulting the toddler as he pinned her down on the floor. ramos tried to get out, but not far thanks to two good samaritans. hawkins slugged ramos in the mouth and sammy johnson who tackled him in the ground. moeth men you can see there sat on ramos until a bart officer arrested him. this is not his first run in with police. he was convicted of a sexual attack on a 7-year-old girl in hayward in '03, paroled in '06 and a discharge in '09. he went on the megan's law website and he is listed, but they only say he lives in union city. his exact address was

. >> reporter: police say 36-year- old eugene ramos sexually assaulted the little girl in the aisle. she jumped up and ran away. patrons inside the store heard the commotion. >> i ran after him. and i chased him about nine stores down. i finally had caught him by the shirt. >> reporter: sammy johnson helped hawkins pin down ramos until police arrived. >> i just talked to him and sat on him. and dialed 911. >> reporter: police arrested ramos for sexual assault, forcible rape and kidnapping. johnson and hawkins were recognized today in city council. >> i've never seen something to heinous, this is as bad as it gets. >> reporter: ramos confessed to assaulting the girl in the store. >> that little girl is destroyed for the rest of her life. not only that but her mother will have to explain to her what happened to her in the long run. that's just devastating. >> reporter: police know that there are other people who witnessed this crime and they want those people to come forward and to call them. coming up at 6:00, you will hear more from those good samaritans as to what made them chase th

neither ramos family or the victim's family showed up in court today. but we spoke to one mother who was in the same courtroom for another case. >> it was disturbing knowing that he was just on the other side of the wall. with my daughter -- it's just disturbing. >> reporter: the toddler in this case is recovering from the attack. >> she's with her family. she's gone through an exam. and that's all i can say. as you can imagine it would be very traumatic. >> reporter: the judge also granted a protective order in this case which means that he cannot contact the little girl or her family. if ramos is convicted of all three felonies, he could face a maximum of 21 years in prison. reporting live from freemont, janine de la vega. >> reporter: an antioch couple is facing charges following the death of their son who was shot and killed while playing with a gun on his second birthday. the contra costa district's attorney will be taking a look at the case on monday. eddy karr and laquinda monique were charged with reckless storage of a firearm. jayon carr was sh

. >> police identified a man as a 26-year-old eugene ramos a registered sex offender detectives say raped a 2-year-old in the aisle of a crowded dollar tree. the girl was shopping with her aunt and grandmother. >> the child was out of her line of sight 30 seconds. >> investigators say the toddler had gone to return a ribbon in the christmas section. >> the grandmother came around the aisle and she could see an unknown male had the child pinned against the floor. the child's pants and diaper had been removed. male's pants and under wear were down. >> ramos has a prior conviction for an attempted rape of a 7-year-old hayward girl in 2003. >> i can't let nothing like that happen. >> april thomas says she doesn't know if ramos was armed only she had to do something. >> i wish i had stun himd or something. >> ramos is being being held in jail on $350,000 bail. he will be arraigned next week, we're told among charges rape, kidnap and lewd acts with a child. in union city abc 7 news. >> stu very much. >> antioch a mother and father face felony child endangerment charges after their child suffere

ramos is in what they call administrative segregation meaning he's in a cell by himself. he can only leave it one hour a day. that's special protection for a man charged with such a heinous crime and a man already convicted in 2003 for assaulting a seven-year-old girl in hayward. thomas ramon is down here. he'll be inside the courtroom. he'll have it at 5:00 and 6:00. >> terry, very motion case there. former bart police officer johannes mehserle returns to court today in los angeles. his attorney will ask a judge to let mehserle go free on bail while he appeals his conviction. last month mehserle was sentenced to two years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of oscar grant. the former bart police officer claims he made a mistake thinking he was firing his taser at grant's back instead of his firearm. the attorney will argue the judge should release the client because he has a good chance of overturning on appeal. >> what do you think about this defense? >> i think it's possible mehserle could be released pending appeal but it seems extremely unlik

el juez dijo que se retiró la opción de fianza de 350 mil dólares que hasta hoy habían fijado, ramos estará detenido sin posibilidad de quedar libre. debido a la gravedad, el hecho que ya había atacado otra niña en el pasad 21 añon. >>> el acusado sabían que ramos era un ofensor sexual, >>> aún así están muy impresionados con lo que sucedió con una víctima de tan corta edad, sealaron, el próximo 6 de diciembre a las 9 de la mañana, volverá a presentarse el acusado en la corte en la ciudad de gfree monteo >>> gracias buenas tardess. el próximo lunes podría presentar cargo a los padres de un bebñ que murió de un disparo en la cabeza, el pequeñ se encontraba en una habitación junto a su hermano de 4 años cuando de pronto se escuchó un disparo en ese momento la a fwoo abuela de los menores entró a la recámara y vio al niño herido los padres fueron arrestados por almacenamiento de un arma de fuego, la policía continúa investigando las circunstancias que rodearon a este hecho. la policía de san francisco investiga el asesinato de un joven de 18 año que terminó

two men blocked ramos's exit and held him until police arrived. ramos is a registered sex offender and prior conviction for assaulting a seven-year-old hayward girl in 2003. >> three people admitting holding captive and torturing a teen for years. the boy's legal guardian was sentenced this morning after pleading guilty to more than a dozen felonies. the 16-year-old boy escaped from the couple's tracy home and ran to a nearby fitness club with open bleeding wounds and a chain padlocked to his ankle. he had been beaten, starved and burned. a fourth person was found guilty last month. anthony wader faces life in prison. >> a bart police officer is recovering in the hospital this morning after his car was hit during a late-night chase in hayward. it all unfolded around midnight when alameda county sheriff deputies tried to make a traffic stop. the suspect rammed a deputies car and hit a bart police officers car who happened to be driving through the intersection. the officer is now in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. the 23-year-old s

>> 36-year-old eugene ramos has been down this road before. back in 2003 he was convicted of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in hayward and now the age of his new victim is two years of age. take a look where the incident happened on wednesday. the dollar tree store on dakota road in union city. what has police upset it happened at 1:00 in the afternoon, broad daylight right in the aisle of the store. the grandmother of the girl tells police she was separated from her granddaughter maybe a minute, maybe not even that long. she found ramos on top of the girl. his pants were down and her pants and diaper were off. the grandmother screamed, ramos ran but he didn't get far. >> i looked at the baby and the lady standing there asking me to help. so i just tackled the guy and sat on him. >> he gave up so i gave up a stance also. i popped him in the cheek. he swung back and missed. >> ramos has been booked on rape, kidnapping and lewd acts with a child. he's being held at saint rita jail. he is expected to be here at the hall of justice 9:00

ramos is in what they call administrative seegation meaning he's in a cell by himself. he can only leave it one hour a day. that's specia protection for a man charged with such a heinous crime and a man already convicted in 2003 for assaulting a seven-year-old girl in hayward. thomas ramon is down here. he'll be inside the courtroom. he'll have it at 5:00 and 6:00. >> terry, very motion case there. former bart police officer johannes mehserle returns to court today in los angeles. his attorney will ask a judge to let mehserle go free on bail while he appeals his conviction. last month mehserle was sentenced to two years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of oscar grant. the former bart police officer claims he made a mistake thinki he was firing his taser at gra's back instead of his firearm. the attorney will argue the judge should release the client because he has a good chance of overturng on appeal. >> what do you think about this defens >> i think it's possle mehserle could be released pending appeal but it seems extremely unlikely. >> let

two men blocked ramos's exit and held him until police arrived. ramos is a registered sex offender and prior convictio for assaulting a seven-year-old hayward girl in 2003. >> three people admitting holding captive and torturing a teen for years. the boy's legal guardian was sentenced this morning after pleading guilty to more than a dozen felonies. the 16-year-d boy escaped fm the coupls tracy home and ran to a nearby fitness club with open bleeding wounds and a chain padlocked to his ankle. he had been beaten,tarved and burned. a fourth person was found guilty last month. anthony wader faces life in prison. >> a bt police officer is recoveri in the hospital this morning after his car was hit during a late-night chase in hayward. it all unfolded arou midnight when alameda county sheriff deputies tried to make a traffic stop. the suspect rammed a deputies car and hit a bart police officers car who happened to be drivinthrough the intersection. the officer is now in the hospital with non-life-threatening injues. the 23-ye-old suspect is in icu with

. >> eugene ramos entered court surrounded by his attorney and interpreter. angela -- senior says no -- because they believe ramos is very dangerous. >> and tried to rape her. >> ramos can face 21 years in prison if convicted on all counts with one strike against him and sexually assault on a child in hayward. >> it's double the sentence and have fun here. >> he's accused of snatching a 34-year-old girl at the dollar tree store. he removed her pants and assaulted her. he's facing three charges, hers include forcible lewd acts against a child and act of atelephoned sodomy against the child. he will be back in court on monday. >>> they spoke with her mother today. he lives in the home with his mother up until this incident. his mother says she will find a new place for him to live. her neighbors say they will make sure that happened. >> they better not bring him back here. the neighbors are not going to welcome him back, when he's not coming bark, period. he can go wherever he wants. he's not coming back into this house and into this neighborhood. >> we spoke w

ramos heard the charges against him in the first court appearance today. prosecutors asked the judge to deny ramos bail. that request was granted. judge agreeing with prosecutors that he's a danger to the community. more tonight from thomas. >> registered sex offender 36-year-old eugene ramos of union city stood without expression in fremont superior court. he's being held on 3 count one forcible lewd act on a child. prosecutor reads the rest. >> assault with intent to commit a sex crime and attempted intercourse or sodomy age of 10 and strike prior. >>reporter: the prior strike she mentions doubles the possible sentence stemming from a conviction for sexual assault dates back to 2003. then convicted of sexual assault of 7-year-old girl in hayward sentenced to 4 years but served only one year before being placed on parole. by september of last yearq he was out of jail and off parole. he now faces the possibility of decades in prison. >> his maximum exposure is approximately 21 years. if he went to trial and were convicted of everything everything. >>report

ramos's mother, ida, spoke to us from behind her front door in union city. she told us her son, who has lived with her since getting out of prison in 2006, is a good person. she says he takes medication for schizophrenia and he skipped it. >> so much sorry. >> you're sorry? >> yeah, i'm sorry. >> he lives in the neighborhood. >> yeah, two doors down. >> i'm surprised, yeah. >> reporter: josh gamos is shocked like most who live in this cul-de-sac. >> scared for my kids. >> whatever meds he was on or off doesn't make you want to rape a baby. >> reporter: that 2-year-old girl we're told is with her family tonight after undergoing a medical examination. as for ramos, he faces a maximum of 21 years in prison if convicted on all three counts. his next court date is set for monday. reporting live in fremont, marla taez for nbc bay area news. >> thank you, marla. >>> not your average late-night bite. walnut creek police are looking for two armed robbers who were stopped in their tracks by a quick-thinking staff. two white men in their early 20s trying to tried to ge

they discovered ramos on top of the girl with his pants down. her pants and diaper had been removed. >> the individual had obviously no concern about who's going to witness the event. this has us baffled. >> we learn more about the suspect eugene ramos from the california department of corrections. he was sentenced to serve four years in prison in 2005 for that previous attempted rape of a child. of that he served one year. he was then put on three years' probation. that probation ended about 15 months ago. since then he was required to register as a sex offender and he did comply with that requirement. in union city, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> an antioch couple faces felony child endangerment charges in the shooting death of their two-year-old son. jason was playing with his four-year-old brother inside their parents room when they found a gun in a drawer. jason was shot in the head while playing with the weapon. the guy's grandmother was babysitting but was in another room. jason's mother bought the gun but it was the father eddie carr who

. >> melendez ramos compareció ante la fiscalía de alameda . >> cargos de actos lasivos contr la menor. >> el hombre vive con sus padres y los vecinos ya hablaron de ñl . >> esta vecina se vio consternada con el hecho . >> ramos ya había intentado asaltar a una menor de 7 años de la localidad. >> podría ser sentenciado a 21 años tras las rejas , su fianza fue suspendida a petición de la fiscalía . >> gracias y el próximo lunes , padres de un menor de 1 año podrían ser sentenciados, porque el menor murió de bala de una pistola que estaba en la vivienda. >> por almacenamiento imprudente por arama de fuego, la policía sigue la investigación de este caso . >> y un hombre esta encarcelado , es un ex policía . >> este viernes estudiantes indocumentados demostraron estar dispuestos a donar sangre incluso para apoyar el dream act . >> lo mismo sucede en kansas y missouri . >> 39 mil de los 50 mil empleos se han creado . >> las cifras de desempleo del último mes son algo preocupante para la casa blanca . >> y el congreso solo tiene 3 semanas para decidir que harán con la extensi

another man came, that man was identified later as eugene melendres ramos. it takes a second, you heard that phrase. this is problem lane example. the girl was out of sight for 20, 30 seconds or a minute at the most. when they rounded the corp.er to the aisle, that's when the grand mother and aunt found the little girl being raped by a 36 year-old man. police arrested eugene melendres ramos with the help of customers. he had a sex cyme from 2007. according to police he completed parole and he was not required to report whereabouts. the neighbors had only the vaguest idea they were living to a convicted sex offender. i'm not going to show you the house he lives in but we will talk to the neighbors. another thing i'm going to do is go to the house and see if i can talk to somebody inside the home. the neighbors i spoken to said they would have appreciated knowing more about eugene melendres ramos from the family members. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> flames just damaged five boats in con tacosta county. investigators will be at the scene most of this d

two men standing outside the store chased ramos. one good samaritan tackled the suspects and sat on him until police arrived. ramos is facing charges of kidnapping and sexual acts with a child. >>> all signs show that oakland's next mayor will hit the ground running. jean quan just formed a transition committee of 24 members. they will help recommend priorities for her first year in office. people on the committee have backgrounds in business, labor and health care. quan said one of her first challenges will be to name a new city administrator. >>> california's next governor isn't wasting time. jerry brown will hold a forum next week to explain how bad it really is. the stat is more than $25 billion -- the state is more than $25 billion in the red. analysts expect him to make unpopular recommendation to save money. >>> this morning students in the east bay don't have to worry about cold seats and cold tables. the oakland unified school district shut off the heat in every building for the thanksgiving break to save money. now, it was

after which ramos september a letter to the judge. he wrote "i have regained my competence to stand trial." i have learned what i need to know. i am stabilized on psychiatric medications and had been for several months. whether issues of mental health and medication will play a role in ramos' defense for this latest case remain to be seen. >> i don't know. whatever med he was on or off doesn't make you want to rape a baby. >> dan? >> lilian kim reporting. >>> the family of a man shot to death outside his home by napa police is demanding an independent investigation. 60-year-old richard pulled a knife on officers before one of them tased him and another shot him with a rifle. napa police followed proper procedure. but there was no mention of a knife until several days after the shooting. she says her father who was a nurse, was not a violent man. >> he was dedicated to helping people that were sick. in the end when he needed help , the authorities came in and did not give him help and he wound up dead. >> investigators say he called po

we spoke to ramos family and says they know that ramos is no stranger to police but they may know what's behind today's incident. >> reporter: his family describes him as a withdrawn young man, struggling with mental illness. >> he's a good son, but he's sad and depressed. >> reporter: does he take medication? >> not regularly. >> reporter: he's supposed to though? >> yes, he's supposed to take it regularly. >> reporter: his family says that he did not take his medication before he went to the dollar tree and committed the assault. >> he was arrested for an instand that was similar to us. involved a 7-year-old suspect who was abused in a public place. >> reporter: ramos family says they wanted to apologize to the 2-year-old girl and her family. >> i am sorry. he did not do that intentionally. he did not know what he was doing, i'm very, very sorry. >> reporter: they will be práepting the evidence to the district attorney's office. - - there will police say they will be presenting the evidence to the district attorney's office. >>> ktvu.com has a link to california sex offender data base

fernando ramos nos cuenta más. >> que fue lo que paso con su compañero? >> los familiares no podemos vivir los duelos, nos qdamos interumpidos por que no los vemos muertos. >> es una historia que se repite en colombia. >> este hombre lleva 7 años buscando a sus 2 familiares. >> son 7 años angustiosos? >> si, la madre tiene 89 años, sufre y está enferma. queremos que nos digan vivo o muertos, pero saberlo. >> es un logro de los familiares que luchamos por 30 años. ahora la recibimos con alegría, por que lo trabajamos desde abajo los familiares. >> a nivele interno hay indiferencia al tema. >> las víctimas en colombia no llevan a los damiliares de los detenidos. >> fernando ramos, bogotá. >> algunos no tienen licencia de manejo por que no han acreditado exámenes medico, a agencia informo que se esta buscando mejorar esta situación,. >> este juebes se dará el regalo de navidad adelantado, se regalaran 2 boletos de viajes para usar en cualquier ruta por las próximo 3 semanas, si quiere uno, debe ir a buscarlo. podrán usarse los sábado y domingo

we spoke to ramos family and says they know that ramos is no stranger to police but they may know what's behind today's incident. >> reporter: his family describes him as a withdrawn young man, struggling with mental illness. >> he's a good son, but he's sad and depressed. >> reporter: does he take medication? >> not regularly. >> reporter: he's supposed to though? >> yes, he's supposed to take it regularly. >> reporter: his family says that he did not take his medication before he went to the dollar tree and committed the assault. >> he was arrested for an instand that was similar to us. involved a 7-year-old suspect who was abused in a public place. >> reporter: ramos family says they wanted to apologize to the 2-year-old girl and her family. >> i am sorry. he did not do that intentionally. he did not know what he was doing, i'm very, very sorry. >> reporter: they will be práepting the evidence to the district attorney's office. - - there will police say they will be presenting the evidence to the district attorney's office. >>> ktvu.com has a link to california sex offender data base

eugene ramos is held without bail. he was charged friday. ramos assaulted a 2-year-old girl in the dollar store in union city on wednesday while her family was shopping in the next aisle. in 2003, ramos was convicted of sexual assault of a 7-year-old and paroled after about three years. he is expected in court in fremont at 9:00. >>> we should learn the punishment for those who held a tracy teen captive for more than a year. the sentencing comes after kyle ramirez escaped after stumbling into a tracy health club, nearly naked and shackled. this is newly released incident. the teen's legal guardian pleaded guilty in exchange for lighter sentences. >>> a warning not to overload your power strip. an overheated strip caused a small fire at an assisted live strg in richmond. it kept three people out of the building. they will be allowed to return later today. it caused about $5,000 in damages. >>> best selling authors give readings to raise money for the grads imprisoned in iran. sarah shourd who was freed in september said the campaign for shane

. >> in 2003, ramos was convicted of sexual assault on a 7-year-old girl in hayward. he was sentenced to four years in prison, serving only one year before being placed an parole. >> there is is reports following charles manson had one in his cell. state lawmakers are trying to crack down on anyone struggle -- smuggling a phone to an inmate.

as far as ramos, he's been held on $50,000 bail tonight. he'll be formerly charged with rape, sexual acts with a child and false imprisonment. we're live tonight. >>> from horrifying to heart-breaking, a tragedy inspect antioch this morning where a 2-year-old boy died from a gunshot wound to the head. he was in his parents' bedroom the gun went off. the parents have been charg with recklessly endangers the to the ler. they were home with their grandmother when that shooting happened. the parents arrived shortly after that shooting. investigators say the boy's mother recently purchased the gun, but this morning he removed the gun from the safe and left the loaded gun in the drawer. the grandmother was with the boys in the living room whether when she heard the gunshot. >> the 4-year-old brother exited the room. the grandmother found the 2-year-old in the bedroom with a gunshot wound. a neighborho heard her say the child was shot and called the police. >> tonight the parents were arrested for reckless endang endangerme endangerment. >>> they

. >> eugene ramos, a registered sex offender, was sexually assaulting a 2-year-old girl out in the open in one of the aisles of the store. she had walked away from her relatives for no more than 20 seconds, when he was discovered he pulled up his pants and ran towards the exit. ramos was outside. >> i chased after him about 9 stores, finally caught him, he tried to fight, he gave up a stance, so i gave up a stance also. throwing at him, i popped him in the cheek, he swung back and missed. >> and that's when 55-year-old sammy johnson stepped in. >> at that point i looked at the baby and the lady standing there asking me to help so i just tackled the guy and sat on him and called 911. >> b.a.r.t. officer cory sparks was flagged down and made the arrest. he declined an interview and says a lot of people are saying i did a good job and i appreciate that but the citizens are the heroes, not me. >> the community police gave hawkins an award saying he would have gotten away without their help. they stepped in just because they were asked to. >> i was glad to be a part of this take-down really.

ramos is charged with multiple felonies in the attack last wednesday. police say that ramos grabbed the toddler inside a union city dollar tree store while the girl's grandmother and aunt were in another aisle. >>> antioch police have obtained surveillance video they say shows a man running down a woman and dragging her to death. that video has not been released publicly. investigators say 51-year-old lucio rivera avila confessed to hitting a woman with a truck after an argument yesterday morning. they say the woman was dragged more than 50 feet. >>> and a new way to help the homeless population in san francisco, it is called daily homeless connect. according to the examiner, the facility will offer housing and legal assistance plus dental and medical care. it's expected to open later this winter in the tenderloin. >>> coming up, the key vote on "don't ask, don't tell." it may be just hours away. >> plus, holiday returns getting personal. the information some stores are now requiring and why some customers are wondering if it's safe. >>> talk about dirt

. >> reporter: ramos is accuse of sexual assaulting a 2-year-old girl inside this dollar store in union city on wednesday. in 2003 he was convicted of a sexual attack of 7-year-old, sentenced to four years but got out after three. he is a registered sex ander on a website but with no address. refound his itd in this union city neighborhood where he lived with his mother. >> i didn't know what he did. i didn't know. >> reporter: today, through tears, ida ramos told us her son has been living with her since being paroled from prison since 2006. she says he takes a drug to fix schizophrenia and he's been skipping it. >> i'm sorry. >> you're sorry? >> i'm sorry. >> he used to walk every day with his mom going to the grocery store. we used to watch out for our kids because we knew there was a problem. >> reporter: michael pappas lives next door. he is fed up with what he calls lenient california laws. >> congratulations to the judicial system, he struck again. like everybody else always does. >> reporter: the prosecutor told us today the victim, that 2-year-old girl, has undergone a medical

---iniciamos esta tarde con la presentacion en corte de "eugene ramos", acusado de violar a un pequeÑa de apenas dos aÑos de edad el pasado miercoles en pleno dia .... en una tienda "dollar store" de union city--- city------la audiencia ante el juez solo duro 10 minutos. ---ramos escucho tres cargos en su contra, incluyendo uno anterior al delito de esta semana------el sujeto no mostro ninguna reaccion al oir las acusaciones y la decision del juez ... que no tiene derecho a libertad bajo fianza--- ---y el ex-oficial del bart johannes mehserle tendra que continuar en la carcel cumpliendo con su sentencia--- sentencia------un juez en los angeles nego a la defensa la apelacion para que (por medio de una fianza) pudiera quedar en libertad------de esta manera mehserle cumplira con su condena de 2 aÑos por el delito de homicidio imprudencial, por la muerte de oscar grant en el incidente del primero de enero de 2009, en una estacion del bart--- ---asi las cosas, mehserle quedara en libertad en aproximadamente siete meses--- ---- en tanto, investigadores de fairfield cambiaron la teoria inic

----eugene ramos de 36 aÑos no declaro su inocencia o culpabilidad en la audiencia.. ----ademas, su abogado defensor retiro su peticion de fianza ... pero no dio una explicacion.----ramos esta acusado del ataque en la "tienda de dolar" en union city la semana pasada.----la fiscalia dijo que a pesar de que el acusado fue declarado no apto para enfrentar juicio en un incidente de asalto sexual anterior, eso no afectaÁ este nuevo caso. ----su proxima audiencia esta fijada para el 18 de enero. --- y escuche esto: un vuelo que se dirigia de san jose a texas tuvo que hacer un aterrizaje en albuquerque (nuevo mexico) debido a un pasajero ... que quiso abrir la puerta en pleno vuelo !!!! !!!!---al parecer el hombre del cual no se ha dado a conocer su identidad trato de suicidarse obligando a que la tripulacion decidiera efectuar el aterrizaje imprevisto... --el hombre fue detenido. ----segun el fbi .... ninguno de los 139 pasajeros estuvo en . peligro. ---- saber es poder .... sin duda.---- pero segun las ultimas estadisticas al respecto, a pesar de todos los esfuerzos, mas

las anteriores convicciones cometidas por eugene melendres ramos lo llevaron a clasificarlo como un serio ofensor sexual. y el mas reciente abuso cometido contra la menor de dos aÑos, podria significarle a presunto culpable una sentencia de 21 aÑos tras. mientras que la posibilidad de salir bajo una fianza de 350-mil dolares fue suspendida por el juez a peticion de la fiscalia. el proximo lunes podrian presentar cargos a los padres de un bebe de 2 aÑos de edad, que ayer murio de un disparo en la cabeza en su casa de antioch.--el pequeÑo "jyonn carr" se encontraba en una habitacion junto a su hermano de 4 aÑos, cuando de pronto se escucho un disparo.--en ese momento, la abuela de los menores entro a la recamara y encontro al mas pequeño herido. --los padres, identificados como "eddie carr" y "modique laqinda" fueron arrestados bajo sospecha de poner en riesgo la integridad de los niÑos y por almacenamiento imprudente de un arma de fuego. --la policia continua investigando las circunstancias que rodearon al tiroteo. --un juez de los angeles nego la libertad bajo fianza al ex-po

his name is eugene ramos. he is in jail in dublin, but expected here at the fremont hall of justice for the first court appearance. we believe the da will charge him with kidnapping, rape, sexual acts with a child and false imprisonment. she was shopping with her aunt and grandmother at a dollar store this union city when she left to return a christmas ribbon she had taken. less than third seconds later, he was found assaulting the toddler pinned down on the floor. he bolted out and did not get far thanks to two good samaritans. one slugged him in the mouth and sammy johnson who tackled him to the ground. both men seen at a news conference sat on him until a bart officer who happened to be in the area arrested him. this is not his first run in with police. he was convicted of a sexual attack on a 7-year-old girl in hayward back in 2003. he was paroled in '06 and discharged with the system in '09. we checked the megan's law website and he is listed on the website assive living in union city, but his specific ad

police say ramos assaulted the 2-year-old girl inside a dollar store in union city on wednesday while her family was shopping in the next aisle. in 2003 ramos was convicted of a sexual assault on a 7-year-old and paroled after about three years. >>> starting in january, taxes are going up for just about everyone unless congress can reach a compromise. president george w. bush and congress approved the tax cuts ten years ago, and they're just about to expire. senate democrats forced to vote on two bills that would extend tax cuts to the middle class americans yesterday, but allow taxes to go up for the rich. and republicans voted both bills down. today there are signs from both sides that a deal is taking shape. democrats appear to be willing to extend tax cuts for everyone, including th i rh,icn exchange for the extension of unemployment benefits. >> bottom line, on the extension of the tax rates, unemployment benefits being extended, you see a compromise here in short order. >> i think the american people expect us to work together to make sure their taxes don't go, and we're working

eugene melendres ramos kidnapping or rape sexual acts with the child and false imprisonment. he is a registered offender according to please he grabbed the girl and idolatry store in union city and assaultive are there. the girl's grandmother walked off on the assault to screamed and that's when the man fled he was chased down by two bystanders who held him there until police arrived. we are following the markets as well stock futures up this morning after a good showing yesterday is coming across the wires a laughable and as the unemployment rate has climbed from 9.6 up to 9.8. and the highest level since april some expected it to drop but most thought it would remain the same. with that on the rise we will see that what affects that has on the market. treasury department says it will receive or story has received $1.8 billion from selling stock in general motors that brings the total amount to 13.5 billion amazon is investing $175 million in social coupon service. it will use that money to grow its building business. much more straight ahead in fact here is a live shot from

the commotion was rape suspect eugene ramos being caught in the act. he's seen running through the aisles making his way to the exit. a couple of customers tackle him outside. he appeared in fremont superior court where he was charged with three feloniously counts. >> lewd act on a child under the age of 14. assault with intent to commit a sex crime and attempted intercourse on a child at the age of 10. >> assault happened in one of the aisles. the girl became separated from her aunt and grandmother when ramos reportedly grabbed her. >> i've seen a lot of really bad cases but this is the top one of them. >> the two-year-old girl wasn't his first victim. he was convicted of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in hayward seven years ago. according to court documents, ramos' grandmother told the judge he was mentally ill but didn't have money to get him treatment. the court ordered a psychological evacuation after ramos sent a letter to the judge. he wrote i have regained my competence to stand trial. i am familiar with the information i need to kno

--hoy el abogado de ramos retiro su peticion de libertad bajo fianza para su cliente.--el acusado es un ofensor sexual registrado y enfrenta cargos por cometer un acto lascivo forzado contra una menor de edad.--el inculpado tambien enfrenta otros dos cargos, asalto con intencion de cometer un delito sexual e intento de sodoÍa con un menor de 10 aÑos. --las autoridades identificaron a la mujer que ayer fue atropellada mortalmente en "antioch" por un sujeto que despues se dio a la fuga.--se trata de "shelly baker" de 47 años quien murio en el estacionamiento de una tienda ubicada en el 1725 de "cavallo road".--el presunto responsable, se llama "lucio rivera avila" quien segun las autoridades parece haber discutido con la mujer antes del fatal atropello, que podria ser intencional.--hoy se sabe que en 1994 el sospechoso fue condenado por asalto con un arma letal. de hecho, los investigadores encontraron una pistola en su casa, algo prohibido por su pasado criminal. --el presunto asesino de una mujer, que fue el lunes fue apuÑalada en un estacionamiento de "antioch", f

he missed. >> police say the 36-year-old ramos convicted in a 2003 attempted rape of a 7-year-old girl. now is booked on charges of rape, kidnapping and lewd acts with a child. police say the toddler wandered for less than a minute to return a ribbon to the christmas section. detectives claim the grandmother discovered ramos on top of the girl with his pants down, her pants and diaper had been removed. >> the individual had no concern whof is going to witness the event. this has us baffled. >> marisol shops at dollar tree regularly. >> i have two kids. six years old, and two. it's scary for everyone. >> the two say they didn't have time to be scared. >> no. i'm glad to be a part of this take down. really. >> not a hero but felt like i was a helping hand. >> and there is more about the suspect, sentenced to serve four years in prison for that previous attempted rape of a child of that, he served one year and then put on three years probation that. probation ended about 15 months ago. since then he was required to register as a sex offender and he did comply with the requirement. >> and

eugene ramos is held without bail after being charged friday with several counts. police say ramos attacked the girl wednesday afternoon at a dollar tree store while her grandmother and aunt were in the next aisle. ramos has not entered a plea yet and he is scheduled back in court at 9:00 tomorrow morning. a plan to boost hiring of local construction workers will be taken up by the san francisco board of supervisors tuesday. the so-called "local-hire rule," would require hiring 25% of construction workers from san francisco. if approved the law would go into effect next year. the local hiring requirement would rise by 5% every year until san francisco residents comprised half of the workforce on a single project. mayor newsom who has a month left in office has no indicated whether he will sign or veto the law. >>> the city council is considering plans for 137,000 square foot store near home depot. some residents and business owners in the area are worried about potential traffic problems on nearby streets. a study on the project though found traffic would increase

y desde nuestros estudios en washington jorge ramos. >>> hola que tal buenas noches. maría elena tiene el día libre la ola de violencia en mexicano para. el ejemplo más reciente tuvo como escenario el estado de michoacán. balaceras entre los miembros de la presunta "familia michoacana" fue abatido nazario moreno gonzález, llamado el chayo o el doctor. es líder y fundador de la organización criminal. paulina gómez en la ciudad de méxico tiene más. >>> la violencia se apoderó de michoacán por 36 horas. integrantes del cartel "la familia michoacana" enfrentaron a los federales. fue una zona de guerra. uno de los principales capos murió en el enfrentamiento. >>> en el operativo coinciden en señalar que el día de ayer cayó abatido nazario moreno gonzález. conocido como el chayo o el doctor. principal líder y uno de los fundadores de la organización criminal de "la familia mi shchoacanmichoacana" 8 personas perdieron la vida. que quedaron en el fuego cruzado y 5 policías. se informó la presencia de hombres armados y la policía el ejército la fuerza a�

that man is identified as eugene ramos. he's accused on that attack on that 2-year-old girl. he was in court today facing serious charges. >>> president obama made a surprise visit today to afghanistan. he arrived early this morning for a short six hour trip. the president spoke in front of 3,500 troops and thanked them for their service. >> thanks to your service we are making important progress. you are achieving your objectives, you will succeed in your mission. >> reporter: the president was also supposed to meet face to face with afghanistan president, that meeting was abruptly cancelled because of rough weather. instead the leaders held their meeting by phone. >>> at the san francisco zoo a female gorilla is recovering after a first of its kind surgery. health and science editor john fowler live now with a story you will see only on two. john-- >> reporter: well, they are trying to solve a bit of a medical mystery. the gorilla is now awake and alert after the surgery. technicians anecessitate his sister zura and took her to the zoo hospital. >> she's like my baby, sort