The Daily Times staff
09/05/2013
FARMINGTON , NM— U.S. Marshals arrested an accused rapist in the town of Navajo on Thursday.
Peter Andrew Ernst, 26, was arrested on suspicion of five counts of criminal sexual penetration, assault, aggravated battery, kidnapping and failure to register as a sex offender, according to a San Juan County Sheriff’s Office news release.
Ernst allegedly raped a woman at a home in Aztec. The victim reported the rape to sheriff’s office investigators at an Aztec gas station last month.
When police learned of the attack, Ernst left the area for Navajo, about 100 miles south of Aztec.
Ernst is a convicted sex offender, and he last registered in Arizona in 2012, according to the news release.
A U.S Marshals Service fugitive apprehension team went to Navajo and arrested Ernst on Thursday.
He is being held at the San Juan County Adult Detention Center.