Man appears in court on assault allegations

A man accused of beating up another man while wearing brass knuckles made a first appearance Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court.

Clemente S. Bosch, 36, a transient, was in court to face allegations of first-degree assault and possession of a controlled substance stemming from the incident on Sept. 27.

Bosch allegedly assaulted the man, identified in court records as Eric King, at a residence in the 1300 block of Northeast 31st Street in Vancouver. One witness said he saw Bosch standing over King wearing the brass knuckles, while King was on his knees bleeding from his face, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Superior Court.

The witness said Bosch then went into the living room and allegedly grabbed a metal weight and began to walk back toward King as he fled to his bedroom. Bosch also allegedly grabbed a sword that was hanging on the wall and brandished it at King, court records said.

According to the affidavit, Bosch’s girlfriend told him they should leave before police arrived, to which he allegedly said, “I’ll take you all out before they get here.” However, the couple left.

King told police Bosch hit him about 10 times with the brass knuckles and continued to hit him after he fell to the floor, court documents said. Several of his teeth were knocked out, according to court records.

On Monday, Judge Suzan Clark appointed Ed Dunkerly to represent Bosch and set his bail at $50,000.

Bosch is scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 10.