Woman Sentenced to 13 Years for Kidnapping of ‘Baby Brandon' in San Jose

Yesenia Ramirez, a woman who prosecutors deemed the “mastermind” of a San Jose kidnapping last April, was sentenced Monday to 13 years and four months in prison.

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Ramirez and her accomplice both pled no contest to their kidnapping-related charges.

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Ramirez faces up to 14 years in prison. But on Wednesday, her attorney filed new court documents to try to reduce or even eliminate her time behind bars by portraying the kidnapping suspect as a victim.

The images of the incident were compelling and incriminating as video showed Jose Portillo carrying a covered baby carrier with a 3-month-old boy inside. The baby

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