A Louisville man is facing a kidnapping charge for attempting to take a child from the grounds of an elementary school.
Jefferson County Public Schools police were called to Okolona Elementary School on March 30 after a staff member noticed 74 year-old Evaristo Norberto Perez-Ramirez, of Louisville, approach two female students on the playground and tried to get them to come with him.
The arrest report states that at one point Perez-Ramirez grabbed one of the girls by the wrist to get her to come with him. The girl yelled “stop” and ran away.
The staffer told Perez-Ramirez to leave the school grounds, but he stood near a fence that separates the school ground from the apartment complex where he lives. Perez-Ramirez finally left through a gap in the fence when school staff approached him.
School staff and students told Jefferson County Public Schools police Perez-Ramirez was on the Okolona Elementary School grounds the day before trying to talk with students.
After being given his Miranda rights with help from a translator, Perez-Ramirez told police he only spoke with male children and never to any female students. He also said he never touch any of the children.
Perez-Ramirez was booked into Louisville Metro Corrections. A not-guilty plea was entered during his arraignment Friday and he was ordered to have no contact with the school or any minor children.
Bond was set at $5,000 cash. A preliminary hearing is set for April 10.
Source: WAVE
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