(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba County DA has issued a release reporting that convicted child rapist, 61-year-old Chong Vang, had a parole hearing yesterday and citing the efforts of Deputy DA Caitlin Smith before the parole board, he was denied.

After pleading no contest to the repeated rape of a victim for five years, beginning when the victim was 9, and ultimately resulting in a pregnancy, birth and child adoption, Vang pled no contest and was sentenced to 15 to life in 2013. The release adds, “Vang took the victim to have the baby aborted, but the pregnancy was too far along. Jane was only 14 years old when she gave birth to the baby, who was adopted. Vang kept the fact he had fathered the child secret.”

The DA’s release also applauds the courage of the victim to come forward, ultimately removing a sexual predator fro our community.