Amador County – The presence of an Amador Sheriff’s K9 led to the arrest early this month of a parolee at large surrendering in Camanche.

The Amador County Sheriff’s Office reported that the arrest occurred at about 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, when the “Sheriff's Office received information that Robert James Ramsey, 31, of Ione was possibly seen near the residence at 4081 Zumi Court in the community of Camanche.”

The Sheriff’s officer report said “Ramsey was wanted by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for being a Parolee at Large. Ramsey was also wanted on active Amador Superior Court arrest warrant” for violations of inflicting “a traumatic injury upon a spouse or cohabitant” and for “battery of a spouse.” ACSO said the bail was set at $50,000 on the Amador warrant and the Corrections warrant was “no bail.”

The report said “Amador County Sheriff's Deputies assisted by Amador County Probation Officers responded to the residence. Upon arrival, Ramsey was observed running from the front of the residence toward the rear bedrooms.”

The “presence of perimeter units kept Ramsey from exiting the residence” and “deputies entered and conducted a search,” the Sheriff’s report said. “During the search it was determined that Ramsey had barricaded himself in the attic. Ramsey was given numerous orders to surrender and exit the attic,” and “refused to surrender. Upon the arrival of an Amador County Sheriff's Canine, Ramsey was advised that the canine would be deployed into the attic via a crawl space. Ramsey immediately surrendered and was taken into custody without further incident.”

The report said “Ramsey was processed into the Amador County Jail on the active Amador Superior Court Warrant and CDCR Parole hold.”

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