- Sergio Lopez Ramirez was sentenced to zero to five years for assault.
- He attacked a probation officer during an escape attempt in June 2025, charges state.
- Lopez’s sentence will run concurrently with his current commitments and past offenses.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man who pleaded guilty to attacking a probation officer while trying to escape custody was sentenced to zero to five years in prison.
Sergio Lopez Ramirez, 43, was charged in 3rd District Court in February with aggravated assault targeting law enforcement, a first-degree felony; attempted aggravated escape, a second-degree felony; and causing property damage, a third-degree felony.
The charges stem from an incident in June last year when two Adult Probation and Parole agents were transporting Lopez to the Salt Lake County Jail. The outside gates were malfunctioning and while the agents got out of their car to help jail staff, Lopez “slipped his handcuffs to the front of his body, and he began hitting and kicking the back window in an attempt to escape,” according to charging documents. Lopez then allegedly used the light bar to break the back window…