Giovanni Ramirez had some of the superficial signs: Recent neck tattoos, a thuggish demeanor and an alleged gang background. But he wasn't the guy, a fact the LAPD had to admit after it had arrested Ramirez for the horrific Dodger Stadium beating of Brian Stow. He was arrested because it appeared, ... More >>
A sheepish apology from LAPD Chief Charlie Beck isn't good enough for former Dodger beating suspect Giovanni Ramirez, who was dramatically arrested in May 2011 for allegedly bashing in Giants fan Bryan Stow's head on Opening Day. As we found two months later, Ramirez wasn't the guy who did it. The ... More >>
Marvin Norwood.Former baseball manager Yogi Berra uttered the immortal words "deja vu all over again," and, well, you have to wonder if that phrase applies to the prosecution of two men accused in the near-fatal beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium. Reports from t ... More >>
Beck and Mayor Villaraigosa.LAPD Chief Charlie Beck over the weekend said Giovanni Ramirez's erroneous exposure as the main suspect in the opening day beating of San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium was "deeply regrettable." But more than anything, Beck, in a Los Angeles Times opinion ... More >>
Free Giovanni?Giovanni Ramirez, the reputed gang member wrongly fingered in the open-day beating of San Francisco Giants' fan Bryan Stow at Dodgers opening day, released a statement from behind bars this week in which he says the ordeal has him "upset," mainly because it affected his family. ... More >>
Los Angeles Times via FacebookNorwood with fiancee Dorene Sanchez (also arrested for allegedly driving his getaway car), at a different Dodgers game.A man who worked with 30-year-old Marvin Norwood, the 250-pound white man currently being held for the Dodger Stadium assault on Giants Bryan St ... More >>
Louie Sanchez, 29Marvin Norwood, 30Update: To be clear, the criminal complaint against Sanchez and Norwood alleges that the suspects "did cut and disable the tongue, and put out an eye," but the District Attorney's Office says Stow did not actually lose either his tongue or eye. More d ... More >>
Marvin Norwood, 30Up until last Thursday, everyone -- including witnesses to the Bryan Stow beating, LAPD officials and California's conservative peanut gallery -- thought March's territorial Dodger Stadium assault was orchestrated by two tattooed Latino men. "This is a latino problem," wrot ... More >>
Antonio Villaraigosa and Chief Charlie Beck wrongly announcing that Giovanni Ramirez was the attacker.Updated at the bottom: Prosecutors allege the suspects cut Stow's tongue. A notably defensive Antonio Villaraigosa was unusually short on words at a press conference this hour with Chief Char ... More >>
NBCPrimary beating suspect Giovanni RamirezHer boyfriend may be behind bars in Los Angeles, as LAPD investigators work around the clock to build a case against him for the near-death beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow, but that didn't stop 26-year-old Denise Piccione from going on a crime spree ... More >>
TMZAs Santa Cruz paramedic Bryan Stow slowly recovers in a NorCal hospital (good news: The Giants fan has improved from "critical" to "serious" since transferring from L.A. last month), evidence of his violent side continues to surface. Of course, it goes without saying that no over-involved ... More >>
Bryan Stow.Strange moves at the LAPD regarding the near-fatal beat-down of San Francisco Giants' fan Bryan Stow on Dodgers opening day. On Wednesday the department announced its investigation of the high-profile beating was being taken over by its Robbery Homicide Division detectives. What' ... More >>
Giovanni Ramirez.Giovanni Ramirez, the gangster suspected in the near-death beating of San Francisco Giants fan Brian Stow on Dodgers' opening day, will stay behind bars, a commissioner ruled this morning. But despite all the tough talk from LAPD Chief Charlie Beck that he's their man in the ... More >>
Giovanni Ramirez.The suspect in the opening day beating of Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium might be wanted in an attempted murder near Las Vegas. That's according to KCAL9 news. A spokesman for the Henderson, Nevada police, however, told LA Weekly late Tuesday that "I don't have any information ... More >>
Ramirez.The one man so far suspected in the beating of Bryan Stow on Dodgers' opening day has a lot of distinctive tattoos. But none of them, it seems, was entered into the state's parolee database, designed to help cops quickly identify potential suspects. That according to the San Francisc ... More >>
Giovanni Ramirez.Updated at the bottom of the next page with LAPD Chief Charlie Beck saying that, although more investigation is needed, cops think Ramirez is still their man. His lawyer says Bryan Stow beating suspect Giovanni Ramirez didn't do it -- that he has an alibi for the opening-day ... More >>
support4bryanstow.comBryan Stow's long-hair past.Bryan Stow, a Bay Area paramedic and San Francisco Giants fan who was beaten in a horrible attack on opening day at Dodger Stadium, has a criminal record that includes convictions for assault, possession of a controlled substance and driving un ... More >>
Bryan Stow.Added: TMZ has photos that might or might not prove the suspect wasn't at Dodger Stadium that day -- after the next page. Was Giovanni Ramirez, the man suspected in the near-death beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow on Dodgers opening day, even at the game? That's the ... More >>
LAPDAn assault suspect arrested in East Hollywood today is reportedly one of these two. Witnesses say he was bald, possibly making him the one on the left.Update: 31-year-old Giovanni Ramirez is under arrest for the beating. According to KTLA, "he was booked for assault with a deadly weapon, ... More >>
