Glen Cove Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Young Girl

A Glen Cove man who is accused of committing several sexual crimes pleaded guilty Thursday to forcing a young girl to sexually touch him in a supermarket in 2014, according to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas.

Edward Ramirez, 43, pleaded guilty to the top charge of first-degree sexual abuse. He faces up to 4 years in prison, 10 years of post-release supervision and will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release.

In November 2014, Ramirez was arrested after police said he exposed himself to a 7-year-old girl while looking directly at her inside Stop & Shop, located at 177 Forest Ave. in Glen Cove. When the girl ran to the adjacent aisle to tell her mother what happened, Ramirez then exposed himself to the girl’s 5-year-old sister and forced the girl to touch him, police said.

“We cannot tolerate this despicable conduct in our communities and this defendant deserves every day of the prison sentence he will receive,” Singas said in a press release.

Ramirez has been arrested and charged with two other sexual crimes following this incident.

He was arrested in June 2015 for allegedly planting a recording cellphone inside the women’s bathroom of a Glen Head restaurant. He was then arrested in December 2015 for allegedly molesting two children, ages 5 and 6, inside a Queens home while working as a furniture deliveryman.

Ramirez is due back in court on June 21.

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