Molester pleads guilty at trial to avoid life plus 20

A defendant in a child molestation trial in Jones County last week entered a negotiated guilty plea with the state just before the victim was called to the witness stand.Vincent Ramirez was in Jones County Superior Court Sept. 24 facing one count of aggravated child molestation and a second child molestation charge.The trial started at 9 a.m. with the mother and stepfather of the ...