STORE OWNER ARRESTED FOR NOT GARNISHING WAGES.Byline: Michael Michael, archangel Michael (mī`kəl) [Heb.,=who is like God?], archangel prominent in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. In the Bible and early Jewish literature, Michael is one of the angels of God's presence. Coit Daily News Staff Writer A Ventura liquor liquor /li·quor/ (lik´er) (li´kwor) pl. liquors, liquo´res [L.] 1. a liquid, especially an aqueous solution containing a medicinal substance. 2. store owner charged in a rare civil complaint with not deducting child-support payments from an employee's wages could face jail time and an order to pay support, prosecutors said Thursday. The complaint filed in Ventura Superior Court charges Raymond Ramirez with failing to deduct de·duct v. de·duct·ed, de·duct·ing, de·ducts v.tr. 1. To take away (a quantity) from another; subtract. 2. To derive by deduction; deduce. v.intr. some $4,000 from wages paid to Richard Hernandez. The complaint can cover only 12 months, ending April 1 of this year, but prosecutors said Ramirez has ignored three wage assignment orders for Hernandez since May 1993. ``Usually that's our normal method of collecting child support, and that's why this is serious to us,'' said Stan STAN Stanchion STAN Stärke- und Ausrüstungsnachweis (German) Stan Standard Man (human patient simulator) STAN SEMCIP Technical Assistance Network STAN System Trace Audit Number STAN Star Trek Area Network Trom, director of the county's Child Support Unit. ``He's got a legal requirement to pay it, as well as a social obligation.'' Investigators for the Ventura County District Attorney's CERTIFICATE, ATTORNEY'S, Practice, English law. By statute 37 Geo. III., c. 90, s. 26, 28, attorneys are required to deliver to the commissioners of stamp duties, a paper or note in writing, containing the name and usual place of residence of such person, and thereupon, on paying certain Office arrested Ramirez as he opened Avenue Liquor Store for business Wednesday. Ramirez, 53, was arrested on a warrant issued when he failed to answer to the complaint in court Aug. 1. He posted bail Wednesday and was back at work Thursday. ``They're making an example, I guess. They have to be. That's the only thing I can think of,'' Ramirez said of the civil complaint. Ramirez acknowledged that he had not deducted de·duct v. de·duct·ed, de·duct·ing, de·ducts v.tr. 1. To take away (a quantity) from another; subtract. 2. To derive by deduction; deduce. v.intr. child-support payments from Hernandez's wages, but Ramirez said that he either lost or forgot about the various wage assignment orders. ``It's my fault. What happened is I lost the darn form. I simply forgot about it,'' said Ramirez, who noted he also doesn't remember an order to appear in court earlier this month. Trom said prosecutors are not satisfied with those excuses and will urge the court to force Ramirez to honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. the wage assignment order. ``Whatever the reason, the impact on the family was that they didn't get the child support,'' Trom said. ``This is a matter to tell the employer we're dead serious about this,'' Trom explained. ``We've done it before. It's been over a year ago since the last one. Usually a call alone is enough.'' Hernandez, a Ventura resident, is divorced. His former wife and the couple's two daughters live in Oxnard. Hernandez was ordered to pay $314 a month in child support, but has seldom made payments and never for the full amount, Trom said. Trom said courts can order wage assignment 30 days after a spouse spouse A legal marriage partner as defined by state law fails to pay support. The first order for Hernandez was in May 1993 and the most recent was in February of this year. Ramirez said he has known Hernandez for a long time and employed him until this spring, when he no longer could afford more than one full-time employee. Faced with having to pay child support for another man's children, Ramirez said he will attempt to get Hernandez into court with him. Ramirez said he would hire him again, if needed, to pay the support. ``So it's damned if you do
Damned If You Do is the fifth episode of the first season of House, which premiered on the FOX network on December 14, 2004. and damned if you don't,'' he said. ``I can't afford it, but I can't afford the other way, either.'' |
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