Arrest warrants allege 3 incidents at tattoo artist’s Riverside apartment

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James Ranieri facing aggregate intersexual artillery charges

Arrest warrants allege 3 incidents astatine tattoo artist’s Riverside apartment

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – News4Jax has obtained 3 apprehension reports that item allegations from 3 antithetic women who impeach a Jacksonville tattoo creator of intersexual assault.

James Ranieri, 36, was arrested successful Volusia County. He had a tattoo store successful Riverside for respective years.

In the apprehension reports, each 3 women told constabulary they were assaulted astatine Ranieri’s Riverside apartment. They told investigators, the reports state, that they were forced to person unprotected enactment and that Ranieri would get aggravated erstwhile helium didn’t get his way.

The documents allege the crimes occurred betwixt 2015 and 2018.

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Heather Shaver told News4Jax she met Ranieri past year.

“He seemed ace bully and affable astatine first,” Shaver said. “And we exchanged numbers and helium asked maine to hangout and, you know, helium benignant of made it look similar helium was ace trustworthy.”

A instrumentalist named Anthony Raneri posted connected societal media successful April, saying helium had heard that a tattoo creator successful Jacksonville was claiming to beryllium his relative to impressment women, but that the 2 are not related.

Shaver says she was told the aforesaid thing.

Anthony Raneri's societal media post (Anthony Raneri Instagram)

A time aft making the post, the musician, a subordinate of the set Bayside, contacted the Mayor’s Office, and they got successful interaction with the State Attorney and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to alert them to the allegations that helium had stumbled across.

According to JSO, Ranieri’s occupation arsenic a tattoo creator gave him “frequent interaction with the community.”

“Therefore, the anticipation exists determination whitethorn beryllium much victims,” JSO said successful a quality release.

Police asked anyone with accusation astir the lawsuit oregon immoderate different imaginable victims to interaction JSO astatine 904-630-0500 oregon done email astatine JSOCrimeTips@Jaxsheriff.org.