Baca’s deputies include a woman at least as beautiful and photogenic as the [Hilton] heiress. Deputy Anel Manriquez is nicknamed “Jo-Lo” in the county jail due to her resemblance to Jennifer Lopez. She is also a member of the department boxing team, which could make great TV.
One drawback is her association with the case of a 43-year-old car mechanic who was arrested for drunken driving in 2002. Ramon Gavira was processed at the same Inmate Reception Center where Hilton surrendered last week on charges related to drunken driving.
The jail staff noted that the father of five suffered from diabetes, depression and alcohol withdrawal. Gavira also complained of hearing voices and having suicidal thoughts, but he received no special care as he sobbed and begged to go home, much as the heiress would.
“You could see him crying, confused, lost,” an inmate said in court papers.
Two inmates would say under oath they saw “Jo-Lo” beat and mock Gavira during the five days before he pleaded guilty. He was given 11 days but the sheriff’s office decided he had done enough time. He was awaiting release when an inmate heard a female officer’s voice.
“I heard her say, ‘You’re never going home,’” the inmate would recall. “She kept telling him that, and she walked away, laughing.”
By the time the release order arrived Gavira had been found hanging from a bedsheet. He was battered from head to toe. He had a half dozen broken ribs, and a broken collarbone, as well as a neck fracture more typical of strangling than hanging.
But, the subsequent investigation ruled Gavira a suicide. Manriquez vehemently denied the allegations against her, which were officially deemed “unfounded.”
Maybe the producers could get around that little thing with the dead mechanic, just as the department did. “Jo-Lo” could give new meaning to being a hard-hitting beauty and help make “Sheriff to the Stars” a big hit.
The county could use the money. It just paid a $750,000 settlement to Gavira’s family.
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June 6, 2009 at 8:21 pm
tammy667
Deputy Anel Manriquez…..
I wrote her name like that becasue I want this scum bag to google her name!
Fukkin pleaseThis story is so infuriating .Anel Manriquez is Jo Lo in her dam dreams! Just saw her photo and the evil bitch is ugly! Ugly in her heart and soul too. This makes me sick how this little sociopathic deputy is being displayed and talked about for her good looks when she partook in something so evil.
I really believe karma will get her ass. You know dam well the arrogant,manipulative bitch is lying. She’s a bully who has abused her power and likes acting tough. She’ll get hers some day. She NEEDS to be stripped of her badge and is nothing more than a criminal with a badge!
I hope that scum bag googles her name and reads this. Anel you’re a low life sociopathic deputy who never should have graduated from the academy.You’re disgrace to good officers and with that vile mean spirited look on your face YOU’RE FUGGIN FUGLY!!! Don’t flatter yourself with any Jo Lo look alike remarks. You know what you did and how you bullied and abused this man and who knows how many more people you’ve done this to at the county jail. You can’t handle power because your core of who you really are is weak.You’re pathetic and with your disgusting human nature you’re no better than Hitler with how you handle power!!!! Shame on you
Karma will get you.Nobody ever gets away with anything in the end,and the eyes of truth are always watching!!!!