60-Year-Old Man Charged With Vandalizing OC Cathedral

GARDEN GROVE, CA — A 60-year-old man with a prior conviction was charged Tuesday with vandalizing Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove.

Ferdinand Bernal Ramos was charged with a count of vandalism and two counts of vandalizing religious property, all felonies.

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He pleaded not guilty in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, according to court records.

Ramos was also charged in February with misdemeanor battery in a separate case, according to court records.

In addition, Ramos pleaded guilty Dec. 8 to vandalizing a Toyota dealer and was sentenced to a month in jail and placed on two years of probation, which he violated, court records show.