GI woman assaulted while sleeping and holding infant

A Grand Island man is being held at the Hall County jail, arrested on a sexual assault charge. 

September 14, 2021Updated: September 25, 2021
News Channel NebraskaBy News Channel Nebraska

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- A Grand Island man is being held at the Hall County jail, arrested on a sexual assault charge. 

Grand Island police were called out to a home at 2:42 a.m. Sunday, where an 18-year-old victim reported she was assaulted. 

The victim said she went over to her friend's residence with her 1-year-old son.

She informed officers that 46-year-old Victor Chavez had sexually assaulted her while she was sleeping. 

She said she was holding her son at the time of the incident. 

Chaves was arrested for first degree sexual assault and one count of child abuse. 

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