Kidnapping, sexual abuse suspect arraigned in Clackamas County

For 36-year-old Vince Edgar Chavez, Nov. 5 was an important day. Chavez was arraigned Clackamas County Circuit Court indictment for the kidnapping and sexual abuse of 10-year-old Violet Hay on Oct. 28 – taken forcibly from a Canby apartment. Chavez is charged with attempted murder in the first degree, assault in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, four counts of sodomy in the first degree, burglary in the first degree, assault in the second degree and strangulation. Chavez is scheduled for a preventive detention hearing on Dec. 1 at 9 a.m. The hearing, scheduled for three hours, will determine whether bail should be set in this case. Chavez currently is being held without bail at the Clackamas County Jail. A trial date will be set at the Dec. 1 hearing. The case has been assigned to Circuit Court Judge Heather Karabeika. Chavez is represented by defense attorney Brian Schmonsees, who entered a not guilty plea at today’s arraignment.

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