Andrews man gets six years

A 27-year-old Andrews man was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday after an Ector County jury found him guilty of indecency with a child by sexual contact and not guilty of sexual assault.

According to an Ector County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies received a sexual assault call at the music venue Far West on West University on Jan. 8, 2023, and when they arrived, they spoke with several witnesses who told them they found a girl outside the party venue who said she’d been sexually assaulted by “Junior.”

The witnesses told deputies the man she was speaking about was “Junior Aguilar” and one of them showed deputies the Facebook profile of the suspect, who was later identified as Jesus Aguilar Rondan, the report stated.

The girl was taken to Medical Center Hospital by ambulance and while there, a sexual assault nurse examiner found evidence that was “consistent and indicative” of sexual assault, according to the report.

In addition, a forensic interview was later conducted at Harmony Home and the girl indicated she had been sexually assaulted by Rondan. She also picked him out of a photo lineup, the report stated.

Investigators weren’t able to find Rondan at that time, but he was later arrested and booked into the Ector County jail on a warrant for sexual assault, a second-degree felony.

He was indicted in May 2023 on one count each of sexual assault and indecency with a child by sexual contact.

Judge Lori Ruiz-Crutcher presided over the trial. Assistant Ector County Attorneys Kevin Shultz and Henry Eckles were assigned to the case and Rondan was represented by Rudolf Moisiuc.