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SVSP in Soledad Investigating Death of Inmate on December 24

 

Salinas Valley State Prison Officials in Soledad are looking into the death of a prisoner as a possible homicide. The inmate identified as 45-year-old Ross Nusser was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday, December 24 at 2:49 p.m. by jail staff after allegedly being attacked by his cellmate identified as 42-year-old Benjamin Ramage. Nusser was transported to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead on the evening of December 24 at 7:46 pm. Nusser, who was admitted to Salinas Valley State Prison from Riverside County on October 5 of 2010 and was serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, while Ramage was admitted to SVSP from Kings County on November 20 of 2015, serving a 4-year sentence for possession of ammunition by a prohibited person along with an extra 6-year sentence in 2017 for an in-prison offense of battery on a non-prisoner and an additional 4-year sentence in 2019 for assault by a prisoner with a deadly weapon or force likely to cause great bodily injury. Ramage was relocated to segregated housing as the investigation into the death of Nusser continues.

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