Former Wahoo police officer charged in third domestic violence case

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — A former officer in Wahoo accused in two domestic violence cases has been charged in a third case.

Court documents filed on Oct. 10 show 28-year-old Juan Ramirez Jr. is charged with assault by strangulation or suffocation, third-degree domestic assault and intimidation by phone in Pawnee County Court.

A Pawnee County Sheriff’s sergeant contacted a 39-year-old woman on Oct. 10 who reported an assault to Nebraska State Patrol investigators during an interview pertaining to a different case.

The woman said she was assaulted in her home sometime between Dec. 24 and Dec. 25, documents show. She reported Ramirez Jr. went through her cell phone that night and became angry about something he’d seen on it.

The argument escalated, and the victim said Ramirez Jr. grabbed