Man sentenced to 15 years for kidnapping postal worker in Little Village in 2022

A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, after pleading guilty to kidnapping a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier after she stopped to get gas in the Little Village neighborhood in 2022.

Cesar Ramirez, 47, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of aggravated kidnapping. Cook County Judge John Lyke sentenced him to 15 years in prison, and three years of supervised release. He will get credit for the nearly three years he’s already spent behind bars.

Chicago police have said a postal worker was getting gas at a gas station in Little Village around 9:15 a.m. on Oct. 22, 2022, when Ramirez sneaked into the back of her truck, and ambushed her when she got back in the vehicle…

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