MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — A Cobb County man wanted in connection with a brutal assault more than two weeks ago in Charlottesville, Va., has surrendered, authorities said.
A warrant was issued last week charging Alex Michael Ramos, 33, of Marietta, in the videotaped attack that left counter-protester DeAndre Harris with a broken wrist and deep head wound.
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Ramos traveled to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office in Middle Georgia to surrender, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday in a Facebook post.
Ramos, 33, is seen in videos online swinging at Harris, a 20-year-old Charlottesville resident who is on the ground at the entrance to a parking garage while several white men take turns beating him with sticks and fists.
Harris escaped the men but suffered serious injuries, including a chipped tooth, a broken wrist and a gash to his head that required eight staples to close, according to an interview Harris gave after he had been treated for his injuries.
Ramos did himself no favors, acknowledging his role in the assault on Harris in a rambling, profane Facebook video he recorded once he returned to Georgia. "Nobody else was protecting us," he said in the Facebook video. "Yeah, I'm glad I stomped some a** out there. You hurt my people I guess we hurt you back."
Ramos was once associated with the Georgia Security Force III%, a metro Atlanta-based, right-wing militia. But the leader of that group said Ramos had severed ties and was now affiliated with the Proud Boys, a “pro-West fraternal organization,” according to founder Gavin McInnes.