Georgetown man sentenced to 67 years in jail
A Georgetown man will serve 67 years in prison after being found guilty of beating and raping a woman and killing a man with a hammer in October 2016.
Juan Tovar Cruz, 25, was sentenced in Delaware Superior Court June 21 on charges of second-degree murder, second-degree rape, endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree assault. Tovar Cruz took a guilty plea in January.
Police said in 2016, Tovar Cruz went to a house on Wilson Hill Road where he had recently started living. He threatened a woman who lived at the house, then tied her up with an electrical cord and raped her multiple times. The woman’s 2-year old daughter was present during the assault. The woman was able to escape and went to a neighbor’s house and called police.
When police arrived, they found the body of Ricardo Perez-Ramirez, 30, in the driveway. Perez-Ramirez had been beaten to death with a hammer.
In addition to prison time, Tovar Cruz was also sentenced to a year of home confinement and two years of probation.
Ryan Mavity covers Milton and the court system. He is married to Rachel Swick Mavity and has two kids, Alex and Jane. Ryan started with the Cape Gazette all the way back in February 2007, previously covering the City of Rehoboth Beach. A native of Easton, Md. and graduate of Towson University, Ryan enjoys watching the Baltimore Ravens, Washington Capitals and Baltimore Orioles in his spare time.
