HERMISTON — Hermiston police have arrested a 20-year-old Irrigon man for domestic violence crimes and rape.
Police Chief Jason Edmiston reported the arrest of Gerardo Aguilar took place Thursday, Aug. 17, at 5:42 p.m. after detectives surveilled his girlfriend’s residence for the better part of the week. Police based the arrest on a grand jury secret indictment.
Detectives attempted to interview Aguilar, but he invoked his constitutional right to remain silent, Edmiston reported. Police then processed Aguilar and booked him into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton.
According to state court records, a Umatilla County grand jury on Aug. 30 accused Aguilar of the assault and rape of one woman on Aug. 23. The grand jury indicted Aguilar on seven counts in all: one count of reckless endangering, one of misdemeanor fourth-degree assault, two of felony fourth-degree assault constituting domestic violence, two of felony strangulation constituting domestic violence and one count of first-degree rape, which also was an act of domestic violence.
Umatilla County Circuit Judge Jon Lieuallen set Aguilar’s bail for $250,000. He remains in the county jail. He has a pretrial conference on Dec. 12 in the Hermiston courtroom of Judge Daniel Hill.
Police also arrested Aguilar for violating probation. He began serving a five-year term of probation in May 2021 after pleading guilty to attempt to commit a Class A felony in connection to an armed robbery outside Hermiston.
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