The Times-Tribune
CORBIN — March 16, 2010.pdf
By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer
After testimony of Dalton Christopher Brewer’s ex-girlfriend, Mary Rachel Poole, and the playing of the 911 call made by her, Tony and his son Perry Ramey pleaded guilty in Whitley Circuit Court Monday.
The pair was originally charged with first-degree robbery and second-degree assault.
However, following the Commonwealth’s case closing, the robbery charge against Tony Ramey was dismissed by Judge Ron Johnson after it was determined that he had not knowingly gone to Brewer’s home to take the gun that Perry had sold Brewer.
They both pleaded guilty to second-degree assault under extreme disturbance.
Perry also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor robbery.
In her testimony, which began the trial’s third day, Poole, who has moved to Louisville and dropped her relationship with Brewer, described what she saw the morning of the alleged assault.
She said she had been in the rear of the home preparing to paint a room when she heard a knock at the door.
A few moments later, she said, she wondered what was going on and walked to the living room.
Tearfully she described the situation just outside the front door. Opening the door she saw Brewer “sitting on the ground covered with blood.”
She said Tony Ramey was “standing over him with a gun, hitting him.”
Tony, she said, told her that Brewer was under arrest and he planned to kill him.
Brewer, “was begging for him to stop,” she added.
Tony told her that Brewer had stolen a gun and was under arrest. She then got a phone and called 911.
In the recording of the conversation, she could be heard saying, “He said he’s going to kill him.” In the background a barking dog could be heard.
“He says he’s an ex-cop and is trying to arrest my boyfriend. He’s trying to take him away.” At about that time, she said a Corbin police officer arrived.
The Commonwealth rested its case after Poole’s testimony.
Several consultations between Perry and his lawyer, Ron Findell, and Tony and his lawyer, Eric Ashley, ensued and the two entered their guilty pleas.
The case began in late May 2007, when according to testimony, Perry Ramey allegedly without permission took possession of a Glock 27 .40-cal. semi-automatic pistol that belonged to his father, Tony.
Perry sold Brewer the gun for $300 after telling him the sale had been approved by his father, which was not true.
On June 13, Tony Ramey learned Perry had stolen his handgun, and Brewer had it.
Tony called the Corbin Police Department report its status as stolen and was told to come to the department. But Perry told Tony that he could get the gun directly from Brewer without having to use the police.
Tony Ramey was at the time an “auxiliary” deputy with the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department. In earlier testimony, Detective Chuck Davis told the jury that auxiliary deputies are not allowed to make arrests on their own, but may accompany official deputies in those instances. Often they may do traffic control or other duties alone but never alone do they do active law enforcement in Whitley County.
Upon arrival at about noon June 13, 2007, Brewer met Perry Ramey at his front door. Perry asked for the pistol and Brewer said he needed to be reimbursed the $300 cost.
Perry Ramey refused and, according to testimony, began to assault Brewer.
It was about that time Poole came to the door, saw the alleged attack and called the police.
The sentencing hearing of the Rameys has yet to be scheduled.
