A former Omaha Public Schools security guard accused of sexually assaulting a child pleaded no contest to first-degree sexual assault in Sarpy County on Tuesday.
Carlos J. Ornelas Ramirez, 24, was employed as a security guard for Omaha Public Schools and worked at Pawnee Elementary in Bellevue.
According to police, on Dec. 10, 2021, Ornelas Ramirez and a student entered a portable classroom at the school where he assaulted the student. The age of the student was not released. He had been working at the school for a little over two months at the time.
School staff contacted police on Dec. 14 after receiving information that a guard might have had sexual contact with a student on school property. Ornelas Ramirez was placed on leave immediately after the district learned of the reported misconduct.
Ornelas Ramirez pleaded no contest to one count of first-degree sexual assault in Sarpy County court Tuesday. He will be sentenced on May 16.
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First-degree sexual assault carries a minimum sentence of one year in prison and a maximum sentence of 50 years.