April 26, 2024 - Riverside County Sheriff’s Office officials report on April 24, 2024, at 9:20 a.m., deputies assigned to the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to a report of an attempted kidnapping in the area of Cactus Avenue and Perris Boulevard, Moreno Valley. The two female juvenile victims reported an unknown subject in a vehicle pulled alongside them as they were walking to school and attempted to pull one of the juveniles into his vehicle. The juvenile was able to break free from his grasp and, upon arriving at school, notified school administrators, who contacted the Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators from the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to the school and immediately assumed the investigation. The juveniles were able to provide a detailed description of the suspect and his vehicle. Around 10:45 a.m., Sheriff’s Investigators located the vehicle in the area of Ormista Drive and Searson Drive, Moreno Valley. The driver of the vehicle, identified as Rene Ramirez, a 50-year-old resident of Indio, was detained and transported to the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station. Ramirez was subsequently booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center for attempted kidnapping and annoying and molesting children.

Anyone with additional information pertaining to this case or anyone who suspects they may have been contacted by Ramirez is encouraged to contact Investigator Morales at the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station Investigations Bureau at 951–486–6700.
Source: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office