Housekeeper charged with sexually assaulting guest

Published 9:05 am Tuesday, April 26, 2016

ST. PAUL — The head of housekeeping at a St. Paul hotel is accused of sexually assaulting a guest.

Twenty-five-year-old Nolasco Lopez Ramirez is being held on $100,000 bail and is expected to appear in Ramsey County District Court Tuesday. A criminal complaint says Lopez Ramirez entered the guest’s room at a Days Inn last Saturday and sexually assaulted her in the bathroom while the woman’s 9-month-old baby was in the room.

The woman told police her attacker left the room after she threatened to scream louder.

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Police arrested Lopez Ramirez after the woman identified him. It was not immediately clear if the defendant has an attorney.