Screen Shot 2015-03-24 at 11.30.20 AM.png

Aundre Willie Johnson

(MCSO)

A man accused of bursting into the Northeast Portland home of his 81-year-old grandmother, ripping off her clothes and sexually abusing her has pleaded guilty and is expected to receive a 15-year prison term next month.

Aundre Willie Johnson, now 35, also has agreed to settle a $960,000 lawsuit filed by his grandmother against him for $35,000 -- essentially all of the money he inherited when his father died, said Johnson's criminal defense attorney, Jonathan Sarre.

Johnson had been set to go to trial Tuesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court. But after hours of negotiations Monday, he pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree rape, first-degree unlawful sexual penetration and four counts of first-degree sexual abuse. The sexual abuse counts include crimes committed against his grandmother as well as an uncle and another female relative.

According to the grandmother's lawsuit, Johnson left her bruised, swollen and "bleeding behind her pacemaker" after the attack last July 1. She told police that there were moments during the assault that she thought she was going to die.

Johnson's uncle, who also lived at the house, told police that he thought his nephew had been using methamphetamine. He said Johnson also burst into his bedroom "like a bull in a china shop" and strangled and sexually assaulted him.

Johnson was arrested outside a McDonald's restaurant on Northeast Grand Avenue about seven hours later. A drug screening found meth in Johnson's system.

After Johnson's arrest, a second female relative of Johnson's reported that he also had sexually abused her months before the July 2014 attack, Sarre said.

The grandmother sued seeking compensation for counseling costs and physical and mental suffering, which includes post traumatic stress disorder.

Johnson has been required to register as a sex offender since he was convicted of first-degree rape at age 15. He also has been convicted of first-degree robbery and cocaine possession.

If Johnson had been convicted of all of the counts he was charged with after a trial, he would have faced a sentence of at least 20 years, said Sarre, his defense attorney. If the prosecution had sought "dangerous offender" status, the minimum sentence would have increased to 30 years.

Johnson told authorities at the time of his arrest that he was unemployed and is a father of two. He is also known as Willie Andre Johnson.

-- Aimee Green

503-913-4197