Overview

• Cesar Ramirez, 47, pleaded guilty to aggravated kidnapping and received a 15-year prison term from Cook County Judge John Lyke.
• The sentence includes three years of supervised release and credit for nearly three years already served in custody.
• Prosecutors said Ramirez ambushed a uniformed mail carrier in a marked USPS vehicle in Little Village in 2022, threatened to kill her, and attempted a sexual assault before she escaped through the rear of the van.
• Police recovered the stolen postal truck shortly after, and Ramirez was arrested four days later after investigators released images and family members identified him.
• Prosecutors noted Ramirez’s prior convictions, including a 2001 home invasion and attempted criminal sexual assault, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service praised the interagency work that protected postal employees.