Richard Frank Duran

MILTON-FREEWATER — Richard Frank Duran, 26, of Milton-Freewater, faces charges of coercion and first-degree rape.

Milton-Freewater police in a written statement alleged Duran committed the crimes Feb. 26, against his former girlfriend. Police investigated the case, according to the statement, which led to a Umatilla County grand jury indictment against Duran last Thursday, and a subsequent warrant.

Officers arrested Duran without incident Monday evening, police reported, and booked him into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, where he remains in lieu of $300,000 bail.

First-degree rape in Oregon carries a mandatory prison sentence of eight years, four months.

Circuit court records show the district attorney’s office also is prosecuting Duran for first-degree trespass stemming from an incident on Feb. 14. The victim in that case was the same ex-girlfriend.

Duran signed a release agreement allowing him to remain free during that court case as long as he had no contact with the victim except for court-ordered parenting time.