(WWJ) — A Garden City man convicted of the rape of a minor nearly two decades ago has received an additional prison sentence for absconding on bond the day he was set to learn the verdict in his trial.
Ramel Lindsay, 35, was sentenced Monday to an additional nine months in prison to be served on top of his 12-to-25-year sentence for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in 2006 in Kalamazoo County. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the additional sentence on Monday.
Lindsay, who had been free on the conditions of a personal recognizance bond since the case was taken up by the 9th Circuit Court in Kalamazoo County in 2021, “reliably appeared for appearances before the Court for two years,” according to Nessel’s office.
But on the day the jury delivered its verdict in the criminal sexual conduct trial this past December, Lindsay did not return to court, according to the AG’s office.
U.S. Marshals apprehended Lindsay in Detroit later that month after six days on the run.