SANTA ANA – A 30-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 16 years and four months in prison for a hit-and-run collision that injured a family and killed a 5-year-old boy in Garden Grove.

Ceferino Ascencion Ramos, who has been in jail since July 8, 2024, pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, failing to stop at a hit and run with injury or death and driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol content above the legal limit of .08%.

Ramos also admitted sentencing enhancements for fleeing a vehicular manslaughter, causing great bodily injury of coma or paralysis and inflicting great bodily injury.

The collision killed 5-year-old Jacob Ramirez, who was rushed to a hospital in critical condi

See Full Page