GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Nigel White was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison for his role in drug-deal related murder. He’s the fourth suspect sentenced in the case.
White, 24, was also placed on extended supervision for ten by Judge Beau Liegeois for the Aug. 7, 2024, death of Brandon Ramirez.
Before the sentenced was issued, White apologized. He said he wasn’t asking for forgiveness, but said he has changed since he was locked up.
“I just want to start off, saying to the victim’s family: ‘I’m sorry.’ There’s nothing that I can say that would change your mind about me. Because of my role in the action you guys won’t be able to see your son or again,” White said.
A statement was read on behalf of Ramirez’s mother, who described the family’s loss due to his death – including the child Ramirez never knew he was going to have. Statements from other family members and the mother of Ramirez’s child were also read.
Prosecutors asked for 18 years in prison, while White’s attorney asked for a 10-year prison sentence.
White has several other files pending, but those were not resolved Monday.
Four others were charged in the case:
Dion Richardson, the shooter, was sentenced to 25 years in prison
Darian Pinchart was sentenced to 15 years in prison
Elijah White was sentenced to 12 years in prison
Rosemary Williams has a plea hearing Dec. 7
Richardson told police he made a deal to buy a half-pound of marijuana from Ramirez for $430.
“Dion told me everything happened so fast and the gun was on his head and he grabbed it. Dion said again he pointed the gun at him and told him to give me all that, give me that cash… Dion said once they got to Berner he pointed the gun right at him and the girl hopped over and started driving off while he was tussling over the gun. While tussling the gun went off, he hoped out the car, started rolling, hurt his leg and was limping when he went to Darian’s house,” a criminal complaint states.
However, the woman who was driving the vehicle provided a different version of the story. She said she was on Berner Street when another person entered the car.
“She heard the man behind her immediately say, ‘Don’t Move’ and observed a black gun raised between her and (Ramirez) who was seated in the front passenger seat. (The woman) heard a gunshot and said the noise deafened her right ear and caused her to panic, suddenly realized (Ramirez) was shot in the head,” the complaint states.
Nigel White was driving a getaway vehicle, prosecutors said.
Ramirez died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the autopsy cited in the complaint.
