Beaverton man, 24, convicted of two rapes
Verdict - Eric Aguilar Morales faces prison, then deportation in the attacks on two teens
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
HOLLY DANKS


Bush law abiding undocumented child sex care provider

HILLSBORO -- A jury found a 24-year-old Beaverton man guilty Tuesday of raping a 13-year-old girl in her bed and a 15-year-old girl he picked up at a Tigard transit center.

Eric Aguilar Morales faces more than 27 years in prison and will be deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant after serving his time.

A jury of eight women and four men took about two hours to find Aguilar guilty of all 12 charges against him: rape, sexual abuse, burglary, delivery of a controlled substance to a minor and possession of a fake Social Security card.

Aguilar, who did not testify, reacted to the verdict with a smile.

Washington County Circuit Judge Suzanne M. Upton will sentence him on April 5.

According to testimony, Aguilar broke into a ground-level apartment across the parking lot from his at the Willow Grove apartments in the 11900 block of Southwest Center Street in Beaverton about 5 a.m. Sept. 22.

After popping open a window, Aguilar went into the 13-year-old girl's bedroom and threatened her with a knife. He also said he would shoot the girl's mother if she didn't do what he said.

"I scooted away from him as far as I could," the girl said. "He said lay down, and I kept pushing him away, and he was pulling my hair."

Some jurors flinched when the sixth-grader estimated the rape lasted about an hour.

Police had no suspects until Nov. 10, when a 15-year-old girl ran to a Beaverton 7-Eleven and hysterically told bystanders a man had raped her in his nearby apartment. At the time, Aguilar was living in the Stone Creek apartments on Southwest Murray Boulevard near Farmington Road.