(Newark, DE.19711) Detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police have charged 34-year-old Santos Aguilar-Aguilar with multiple counts of rape following an investigation that began in June 2024, when Officers responded to a Newark residence after a victim reported that Santos Aguilar-Aguilar, a known acquaintance, had sexually assaulted the Victim several years earlier.

Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Unit were notified and took over the investigation. Through a thorough and timely in-depth investigation, Detectives discovered that between 2017 and 2019, when the Victim was approximately 5 to 7 years old, Santos Aguilar-Aguilar repeatedly raped the Victim on multiple occasions.

In April 2025, following multiple interviews and the continued collection of evidence, arrest warrants were issued for Santos Aguilar-Aguilar. Detectives made immediate efforts to locate him but were unsuccessful, as it was believed he may have fled the country.

The Fugitive Apprehension and Surveillance Team was then assigned to the case. On Thursday, June 12, 2025, detectives located Santos Aguilar-Aguilar at a residence in the unit block of Raven Turn, in the Sparrow Run community, where he was taken into custody.

Santos Aguilar-Aguilar was transported to New Castle County Police headquarters, where he was charged with the following crimes:

• Three felony counts of Rape first degree
• One felony count of Continuous sexual abuse of a child
• One felony count of sexual abuse of a child by a person of trust, first degree
• One felony count of sexual abuse of a child by a person of trust, second degree
• One felony count of unlawful sexual contact with a person under 13 years of age
• One misdemeanor count of resisting arrest

Santos Aguilar-Aguilar was arraigned by the Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Howard Young Correctional Institution after failing to pay $4,000,000.00 cash bail.

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