BOSTON, July 25, 2016—A former Revere resident deported to Guatemala was held on high bail at his arraignment today, a decade after he was indicted for sexually assaulting a child and two weeks after he re-entered the United States, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

RONY VASQUEZ (D.O.B. 11/8/73) was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court today on four counts of rape of a child. At the request of Assistant District Attorney Maryrose Anthes of the DA’s Child Protection Unit, Clerk Magistrate Anne Kaczmarek imposed bail of $100,000 and ordered Vasquez to stay away and have no contact with the victim and her family, have no contact with children under age 16, surrender his passport, and be subject to GPS monitoring.

According to prosecutors, Revere Police on June 18, 2006, arrested Vasquez for alleged sexual contact with an 11-year-old girl. An investigation revealed that Vasquez had assaulted the child on prior occasions.

A Suffolk grand jury indicted Vasquez three months later. However, in October 2006, Vasquez was deported to Guatemala before he could appear for his Suffolk Superior Court arraignment.  A warrant for his arrest has been in place since that time.

In the course of a fugitive investigation, US Marshals learned that Vasquez planned to travel from Guatemala to the United States on June 12 in order to visit a relative. When the plane he was traveling on landed in Houston, Texas, Marshals were onsite to take Vasquez into custody as a fugitive from justice.

Vasquez is represented by Patrick Millina. He returns to court Sept. 7.

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