Former Deep Creek Elementary School principal faces child sex-abuse charges

Please reference CCSO Case # 16-026450

A former Deep Creek Elementary School principal faces multiple charges of child sex abuse involving four former students.

Jeffrey Hays was the principal at Deep Creek Elementary from 2005-2009 in the Gresham-Barlow School District. Hays left Deep Creek Elementary in 2009 and became Executive Director at the City View Charter School in Hillsboro. He is now retired.

A Clackamas County Grand Jury returned an indictment of Hays on Monday, March 8, 2021. The Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF) arrested Hays at his north-Portland residence on Thursday, March 11, 2021. This case will be handled in Clackamas County Circuit Court on charges including:

• Count 1 – Unlawful Sexual Penetration in the First Degree (Class A Felony)
• Count 2 – Sexual Abuse in the First Degree (Class B Felony)
• Count 3 – Sexual Abuse in the First Degree (Class B Felony)
• Count 4 – Sexual Abuse in the First Degree (Class B Felony)
• Count 5 – Sexual Abuse in the First Degree (Class B Felony)
• Count 6 – Sexual Abuse in the First Degree (Class B Felony)
• Count 7 – Sexual Abuse in the First Degree (Class B Felony)

A booking photo is attached. Bail was set at $500,000.

Hays is declining requests for media interviews.

ADDITIONAL INFO SOUGHT: Anyone with information concerning Jeffrey Hays' case is urged to contact the Sheriff’s Office Tip Line — by phone at 503-723-4949 or by using the online email form at https://www.clackamas.us/sheriff/tip . Please reference CCSO Case # 16-026450.

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