Georgia Man Tied To Charlottesville Violence Makes Court Appearance: Update

MARIETTA, GA -- A Marietta man who surrendered to authorities early Tuesday after being wanted in connection with the violence that took place in Charlottesville, Va., made his first court appearance, Patch has learned. Alex Michael Ramos is being held in the Monroe County Jail, Cobb officials said.

Ramos, 33, is facing extradition to Charlottesville to face charges of "malicious wounding," authorities said. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

Before a Monroe magistrate judge Tuesday, Ramos reportedly asked about his fate if he were extradited to Virginia. The judge presented him with an option to sign extradition papers, but Ramos openly deliberated about it, according to WGCL-TV.

He then said, "I don't want tostay here for three months," the TV station reports.

Activists had been on a campaign to identify those seen in the ruckus associated with a white nationalist rally that led to the deaths of three people. Ramos was thought to be in the Cobb area in the days after Charlottesville.

This past weekend, Cobb officials confirmed with the Charlottesville Police Department that an arrest warrant had been issued for Ramos, 33, of Jackson for "malicious wounding." He was wanted in connection with an assault that occurred on August 12 in Charlottesville, Cobb police said Sunday.

In a video purported to be of Ramos, the man says he “stomped some a**” during the Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville. Video of a group of white men beating and stomping a black man, 20-year-old DeAndre Harris, went viral shortly after the melee.

In the weeks since, throngs of people have been alerting Cobb's law enforcement of Ramos' alleged involvement in the violence, but authorities said that until a warrant had been issued by Virginia authorities, there was not much they could do.

Ramos has been no stranger to social media. A man who appears to be Ramos is seen in a Youtube video spraying pepper spray on counter-protesters during the rally.

He also uploaded a video shortly after the events in Charlottesville, seemingly defending the violence that took place. “Nobody else was protecting us. Yeah, I’m glad I stomped some a** out there,”he says in the viral clip. “You hurt my people I guess we hurt you back.”

The clashes in Charlotteville not only shocked the nation but took the lives of three people. One counter-protester, Heather Heyer, 32, was killed when a white supremacist mowed down protesters in his car, authorities said. Two Virginia State Police officers -- State Trooper-Pilot Berke Bates and Pilot Lt. H. Jay Cullen -- also died when their helicopter crashed immediately after the violence.

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