SALINAS >> Cosme Ramos, 28, of Salinas pleaded guilty to robbery and sexual assault of a gas station clerk. He will be sentenced to 45 years in prison.

On Oct. 13, 2023 Ramos walked into a Salinas gas station where Jane Doe worked as a store clerk, according to a news release from District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni’s office. Ramos pulled a gun from his waistband and held Doe at gunpoint while she gave him everything in the cash register, which totaled about $900. A good Samaritan found and returned Doe’s vehicle to the gas station after Ramos had fled, said the news release. Ramos pled guilty on June 26 to forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by a foreign object, second degree robbery with an admission to using a deadly weapon during the commission of the robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.