GRANT COUNTY, Wash. – Detectives from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office are asking the public for help in getting information on a suspect of a 2021 rape.
According to GCSO, Isidro Cruz-Amaro, 41, allegedly raped a drunk woman in Feb. 2021 after taking her home from the R Place Tavern in Desert Aire, which he owned at the time. He no longer owns the tavern.
When questioned by detectives, Cruz-Amaro denied the rape allegations despite DNA evidence pointing to him.
Cruz-Amaro is currently booked in the Grant County Jail on $100,000 bail. He was previously in the Yakima County Jail on charges related to offering money to two teen girls in Moxee for sex in May 2023.
GCSO asks the public, specifically those who frequent Desert Aire, if anyone has information on Cruz-Amaro or if anyone else is a victim. Those who have information on Cruz-Amaro are asked to call GCSO at 509-762-1160 and reference case number 21GS01641.
