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NYC FOSTER KIDS HELD CAPTIVE, ABUSED IN APARTMENT FOR MONTHS: SOURCES

Finn Hoogensen and Nicole Johnson
3 hours ago

ALLERTON, the Bronx (PIX11) – Two foster kids were beaten and abused while they
were held captive in a Bronx apartment for months, police sources said.

Police discovered the two siblings – ages 13 and 14 – in an apartment at NYCHA’s
Eastchester Gardens on Tuesday after authorities received a 911 call about a
domestic disturbance, according to police sources.



Police found the two teens, who were “very skinny” and malnourished, and took
them to a hospital for treatment, sources said. Doctors discovered they also had
bruises about their body.

The teens – who are brother and sister – told police they had been beaten with
wooden sticks, bats and brooms. They had been handcuffed and tied up with
electrical cords and hadn’t been allowed to leave the apartment in months,
according to police sources.

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Police arrested Michael Ramos at the apartment. Police learned that the siblings
were foster children who had been in the care of Ramos’ mother until her death
in December, sources said. After she died, Ramos allegedly kept the teens in the
apartment and abused them for months.



Ramos was also found in possession of a “defaced” firearm, sources said. He was
charged with acting in a manner injurious to a child, assault and criminal
possession of a weapon.

PIX11 News reached out to the New York City Administration for Children’s
Services (ACS) for comment, but a spokesperson said the agency is prohibited by
state law from sharing information about specific cases.

However, in the instances when a foster parent dies, ACS does assess whether
someone known to the foster child would make for a safe home. A court would then
determine whether to grant guardianship of the child to that person, the ACS
spokesperson said.

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