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Additional charges filed against former police officer in Pawnee County


(KLZA)--A former police officer accused in two domestic violence cases in Pawnee County, Nebraska has been charged in a third case.

KOLN TV reports court documents filed on Oct. 10 show 28-year-old Juan Ramirez Jr. is charged with assault by strangulation or suffocation, third-degree domestic assault and intimidation by phone in Pawnee County Court.

A Pawnee County Sheriff- sergeant contacted a 39-year-old woman on Oct. 10 who reported an assault to Nebraska State Patrol investigators during an interview pertaining to a different case.

The woman said Ramirez allegedly assaulted in her home sometime between Dec. 24 and Dec. 25.

A probable cause to arrest Ramirez was issued on Oct. 10 in Pawnee County.

He was arraigned on Oct. 16 and was released from jail after posting a $1,000 bond.

Ramirez is due back in court on Nov. 6

He resigned from his position at the Wahoo Police Department in September after being accused of beating, strangling and possibly raping two women. Prior to joining the Wahoo Police Department, Ramirez served more than four year with the Falls City Police Department.

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