Former Palo Alto Hospital Housekeeping Employee Arrested for Sexual Battery

PALO ALTO - Palo Alto police say they have arrested a former hospital housekeeping employee for sexually battering another employee working at the hospital.

According to police, about 3:11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 26, authorities received a call of a sexual battery that had just occurred in a waiting room at Stanford Hospital.

Police say they responded immediately, but could not locate a suspect.

Investigators say the victim, a man employed by a contractor working at the hospital, was napping in a waiting room between double work shifts.

Police say the man was awakened by someone rubbing his shoulders and back.

Before he could stop the suspect, investigators say the suspect allegedly slid his hands down the victim’s pants and touched his genitals.

According to police, the victim shoved the suspect away, and the suspect left.

The victim told police he had seen the suspect around the hospital before, and believed him to be a hospital employee.

After working with hospital officials, detectives identified the suspect as 56-year-old Luis Enrique Ramirez of San Jose.

At the time of the incident, police say Ramirez worked as a housekeeping employee for the hospital.

An arrest warrant for misdemeanor sexual battery was secured by investigators and on May 26, police say the suspect self-surrendered on the warrant at the Santa Clara County Main Jail.

Anyone with information about this suspect is asked to call the Palo Alto police dispatch center at 650-329-2413.

Anonymous tips can be e-mailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voice mail to 650-383-8984.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the free mobile app, downloadable at bit.ly/PAPD-AppStore or bit.ly/PAPD-GooglePlay.

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