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Homeless woman arrested for trying to steal a car at knifepoint on test drive

Staff report

ALACHUA, Fla. – Claudia L. Ramirez, 32, was arrested yesterday afternoon and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and property damage after allegedly pulling a knife during a test drive in an attempt to steal a car.

At about 1:15 p.m. yesterday, Ramirez was on a test drive in a vehicle from a business in Alachua, accompanied by an employee of the business. She allegedly drove through a stop sign without stopping and then pulled a knife on the employee, demanding that he get out of the vehicle.

The victim was able to get the knife away from her and received a small cut in the process. Ramirez allegedly started hitting the windshield and side window with a hard object, damaging the vehicle.

Ramirez has no local criminal history; law enforcement listed her as homeless and was unable to verify her identity, residence, or employment except to note that she was born in Mexico. Court documents have a notation for an ICE hold. Judge Thomas Jaworski set bail at $7,000.

Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. 

  • So since law enforcement can’t identify her, we don’t know if she has a criminal history or not. Figures. Charged with a violent felony, Jaworski set bail at $7,000.

    • She probably got off one of those Greyhound busses with the Texas license plates that have been rolling into Gainesville all summer long. Why isn’t John Law there to meet them instead of letting them in to become a danger to the local citizens?

  • WTF did she see a craigslist ad from Alachua and came here? “Alachua’s streets are paved with gold” … 🤡👹🍦🍦🍦

  • If the car company was like most big retailers, the employee would be fired for stopping her.

  • Tommy Boy at it again. I’m not sure what his end game is, maybe he is thinking he can get a job with Uncle Joe. Sure enough Uncle Joe will need a good judge and lawyer in his pocket soon enough.

  • If she was illegal, should have put her in the trunk and drove her back to the border.🤣

  • So everyone’s just ignoring the ICE hold noted in the court documents? ICE hold=no bail

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