My search for the real Casey Ramirez, and answers about Princeton
- The person's search into Casey Ramirez's history reveals that he loves to be liked but hates being known.
- Ramirez appears to have a significant influence over the town and the narrator's family, indicating a complicated relationship.
- The text states that Ramirez was perceived as 'everybody's problem' but ultimately 'nobody's problem'.
- This situation illustrates how accountability can easily slip away in such communities.
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My search for the real Casey Ramirez, and answers about Princeton
This is the conclusion to the Minnesota Vice series. PRINCETON, Minn.—I went to look for Casey Ramirez one last time. It was Sunday, June 8, and I'm at the Lions Club fly-in pancake brunch at the Princeton, Minnesota, airport. Some folks had told me Ramirez liked to show up to this event, one he started back in 1981. I found pancakes and planes, but no Casey. That's about what I had come to expect. When I first started reporting this story, I th…
At trial_ Casey Ramirez’s small-town generosity revealed as sordid shield for his cocaine smuggling
ST. PAUL — Casey Ramirez, awaiting trial in August 1984 for conspiring to smuggle cocaine, didn’t have to wait too long for sympathetic residents of Princeton, Minnesota, to bail him out. Then he promptly squandered their generosity. ADVERTISEMENT Attorney Ron Meshbesher and Casey Ramirez are show in this image from the Minneapolis Star and Tribune on July 27, 1984, as Ramirez was turning himself in.Courtesy / Minneapolis Star and Tribune via Ne…
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