{"id":412746,"date":"2026-08-21T09:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412746\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:34:13","slug":"austin-man-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison-for-abusing-children-under-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412746\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin man sentenced to 25 years in prison for abusing children under 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas \u2014 An Austin man has been convicted by a Travis County jury of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child Under 14, the jury sentencing him to 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>APD arrested 36-year-old Samuel Ramirez in February 2023, charging him with Continuous Sexual Abuse in a case involving two victims under the age of 14.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2024, Ramirez was indicted on three counts of Continuous Sexual Abuse with a Child Under 14, six counts of Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact, and three counts of Aggravated Assault of a Child.<\/p>\n<p>Jury selection for Ramirez&#8217;s trial began Aug. 10, the jury convicting him on Aug. 13 after deliberations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/apd-swat-responding-to-barricaded-subject-at-north-austin-super-8-hotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | No suspect in custody after SWAT situation at north Austin Super 8 hotel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ramirez was sentenced to 25 years in prison by the jury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur office is grateful to our dedicated staff and law enforcement partners, who worked tirelessly to hold the defendant accountable and seek justice for the victims,\u201d said Travis County District Attorney Jos\u00e9 Garza. \u201cWe hope this verdict continues to support the victims\u2019 healing process.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas \u2014 An Austin man has been convicted by a Travis County jury of Continuous Sexual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-412746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}