Felon Found Guilty of Assault, Gun Crimes

On Monday April 17, 2023, in Department 10 of the Tulare County Superior Court, Visalia Division, TCDA prosecutors secured a guilty verdict against Salvador Ramirez Jr., age 43, for assault and gun crimes.

Just after midnight on November 20, 2022, Tulare County Sheriff deputies responded to a trailer near Dinuba where a fight was in progress with weapons. When they arrived, deputies learned that an intoxicated Ramirez, armed with multiple firearms, was threatening family members and himself. Ramirez also spoke about getting into a shootout with law enforcement. For the next 4 hours, deputies and county crisis representatives spoke to Ramirez who had barricaded himself alone in the trailer. Ramirez would periodically emerge with a revolver and shotgun and reiterate his intentions to harm himself and law enforcement. In one instance, Ramirez fired a round from the revolver into the air. Around 4:30 am, Ramirez surrendered and was taken into custody.

After a three-day trial, the jury returned guilty verdicts on five counts: criminal threats with the special allegation of use of a firearm, assault with a firearm on a police officer with the special allegation of personal use of a firearm, exhibiting a deadly weapon to a police officer, felon in possession of a firearm, and felon in possession of ammunition. Ramirez possesses a felony domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon conviction, a strike offense, from 2002.  

Ramirez faces over 47 years in prison at sentencing.

The case was prosecuted by deputy district attorney Douglas Dobbins and was investigated by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office.

Media inquiries can be directed to the Office of the District Attorney, County of Tulare Chief Deputy District Attorney Dave Alavezos (559) 636-5494