Fired JeffCo deputy facing new rape, abuse charges
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A fired Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy is being held without bail after being accused of raping a woman and sexually abusing a minor in 2015 while working for a Salem security company that previously contracted with Salem-Keizer Public Schools.
The Statesman Journal reports that 28-year-old Jorge Ulises Serrano of Woodburn was arrested last Thursday. He was charged with first-degree rape, first-degree encouraging child sexual abuse, second-degree sexual abuse and using a child in display of sexually explicit conduct.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Serrano had an attorney.
Serrano was a deputy for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office from July 10, 2017, until he was discharged on Nov. 14, 2018, according to the Oregon Criminal Justice Information Records Inquiry System.
Serrano was arrested in early December in Washington County on rape and sodomy charges, accused of assaulting a woman in 2015 and later posting video of the attack online. Authorities said he also uploaded intimate photos of several other women, also without their knowledge.
Serrano, who is due back in court in Salem for a plea hearing next Tuesday, now is accused in Marion County of raping a woman in 2015, as well as sexually abusing a minor and compelling her to engage in sexually explicit conduct.
Since last month’s arrest, the paper reported that Washington County sheriff’s detectives have identified and interviewed six other victims, including underage females who live out of state. They said he used social media to meet women, including underage girls, some of whom detectives have been unable to identify.
