A domestic disturbance ended with the suspect in custody. On Thursday, May 28, 2020, Madill Police Officer Gannon Reid was dispatched to the Love’s Country Store on Highway 70. The reporting party stated there was an assault that occurred in the parking lot, but the suspect – later identified as Ramon Barron, a 38-year-old male from Irving, Texas – had left the scene in a vehicle.
Reid was also informed that the victim was walking. Reid drove in the direction that the victim walked and found her in the First Baptist Church parking lot. Reid asked the victim to approach him, so they could discuss the incident, but according to his report, she was hesitant. Reid made the request three separate times, and the victim stated that nothing happened.
Reid said he could tell that assault did occur, because she had an injury above her right eye. Reid then requested for Sergeant Adams and EMS to arrive on scene, so her injury could be accessed and tended.
Once EMS arrived, the victim stated her head was hurting and was going to get to the ER in a personal vehicle to get checked out. After speaking with the victim and her sister, Reid was able to determine the first name of the suspect and possibly his last name.
The victim’s friend arrived to transport the victim to the ER. According to Reid’s report, the victim’s friend was not as hesitant to tell the officer what occurred. The friend told the victim, “if you’re not going to tell them, I’m going to.” The friend informed Reid that the suspect struck the victim in the face with a gun.
After investigating the mode of transportation that the suspect left in, they traced the tag back to a female from Ravia. An employee of Love’s identified the lady driving the vehicle as the person it is registered to, and also gave an account of what she witnessed.
Reid noted in his report that, the employee “stated she waited on a lady wearing a red shirt when a Mexican individual came in, in a blue button up button up shirt and black shorts, he had a rosary tattooed around his hairline with a lot more tattoos.”
The employee said the male mentioned to the female driver that the other female was “tripping out.” That is when the employee glanced outside and saw the female with blood dripping down her face. The employee also stated that the male and female kept approaching the injured female, then left in a gray van.
Reid contacted the Johnston County Sheriff’s Department and relayed the information that he had unearthed. Johnston then contacted the driver of the van, and she identified the suspect. She told investigators that she picked up Barron and the victim in Ravia and brought them to Madill.
The couple began arguing in the driver’s van en route to Madill, but had stopped by the time they reached Love’s. The driver then went inside to buy something to drink, and apparently, the fight was reignited.
The driver stated that allegedly, she looked outside and saw the victim push the suspect and then Barron threw all the victim’s belongings in the parking lot.
Reid then interviewed the reporting party who stated they witnessed the suspect pull the victim’s hair and hit her in the face. They noted that Barron was holding something in his hand when he struck the victim, but could not tell what the object was.
The victim eventually filled out her statement and contacted Reid to get it, and it corroborated the reporting party’s account of the event. She said they argued in the van. She also stated he hit her in the chin and the eye with a gun.
Reid and Adams built a photo lineup based on the description of the suspect and showed to the Love’s employee, the victim and the driver of the vehicle. The employee was not one-hundred percent sure, but identified the sixth picture in the lineup, which was Barron.
When the victim was contacted to identify the suspect, she was out of town and had to be contacted via social media. Apparently, it was difficult to see the picture details through Facetime, because the victim stated she could not tell which picture might be the actual suspect.
With one eye witness left, Adams contacted the driver of the vehicle and showed her the pictures. She was able to positively identify the suspect in the picture. Barron was taken into custody at the Johnston County Jail on May 30, 2020.
An online search showed no prior convictions in Oklahoma; however, multiples were found in Dallas County. He has priors for Burglary of a Vehicle, Delivery of CDS, Delivery of CDS After the Formal Conviction of a Felony, Evading Arrest, Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, and multiple convictions for Possession of CDS.
The Madill Police Department was grateful to Johnston County for the assistance in arresting the suspect. The department took to Facebook to send their gratitude.
“With the assistance of good eye witnesses, and the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, the male subject was taken into custody on Saturday, May 30,” Madill Police said in a post.
“A very special thank you to the Johnston County Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office for all their assistance in this matter.”