Harris County district court judge suspended following December’s arrest in Galveston Frank Aguilar (Galveston County Sheriff's Office)
HOUSTON – A Harris County district court judge has been suspended per the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, according to posting Thursday afternoon .
Frank Aguilar, the 228th District Court judge in Harris County , has been placed on suspension “pending criminal matter.”
On December 31, Aguilar was arrested in Galveston on a family violence charge. He has since been released from jail on a $1,500 bond. Details on the accusations against Aguilar has not been released.
RELATED: Harris County district court judge arrested in Galveston on family violence charge
Aguilar was previously charged with assaulting a woman he was dating in 2010, but a Harris County jury later found him not guilty of the offense.
He also is the judge in the state’s case against Gerald Goines and others in the Harding Street case .
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