Fire captain from T.O. charged with sexually abusing minors
A Thousand Oaks man, who is a fire captain in Pasadena, has been charged with multiple counts of sexually abusing children for decades, according to authorities.
Christopher James Ramstead, 47, is a firefighter and paramedic with the Pasadena Fire Department and was arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing three children under the age of 14 from March 2003 to July 2025 in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, according to a Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office press release.
His offenses include nine felony counts of committing a lewd act upon a child, the release says. Ramstead has pleaded not guilty and has a bail hearing scheduled for Feb. 13 at the Van Nuys Courthouse, the release adds…