Crime

February rape trial set for former Pasco officer

Tri-City Herald
Richard J. Aguirre is charged in Franklin County Superior Court with raping a woman at his Pasco home last November. He also is charged in Spokane with the 1986 slaying of Ruby J. Doss, 27, a Spokane prostitute who was strangled.
Richard J. Aguirre is charged in Franklin County Superior Court with raping a woman at his Pasco home last November. He also is charged in Spokane with the 1986 slaying of Ruby J. Doss, 27, a Spokane prostitute who was strangled. File Tri-City Herald

The Franklin County trial for a former Pasco police officer charged with sexually assaulting a woman has been postponed again.

Richard J. Aguirre’s trial in Franklin County Superior Court is now moved to Feb. 17.

Aguirre was placed on paid administrative leave last November after a Tri-City woman said Aguirre, who was off-duty, sexually assaulted her. His defense attorney asked this week for an independent DNA test.

Aguirre also is being held on unrelated charges in Spokane, including a first-degree murder charge for the 1986 strangling of a prostitute, voyeurism and tampering with a witness.

He resigned from the Pasco force in April after a 27-year career.

This story was originally published November 20, 2015 at 5:39 PM with the headline "February rape trial set for former Pasco officer."

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