Former North Las Vegas employee arrested on child sex accusations
A former city of North Las Vegas risk and liability manager has been arrested on suspicion of child sexual assault, according to law enforcement records.
Alonzo Garcia Johnson, 47, is in custody at the Clark County Detention Center and faces multiple counts of sex assault against a child under age 16, five counts of sex assault, 11 counts of sex assault against a child under age 14 and lewdness with a child.
City spokesman Patrick Walker confirmed Johnson is a former city employee. Nevada Transparent online records show Johnson was a risk management and liability manager for the city with total pay and benefits of $131,149 as of 2019. The records also show an individual with the same name was paid $22,502 by the Southern Nevada Water Authority for risk management services in 2019.
Further details on the nature of the accusations weren’t immediately available Monday morning.
Johnson’s biography as posted on the Risk and Insurance Management Society’s website lists him as the risk and liability manager for the city since 2019.
It also said he worked as a risk management officer from October 2016 to October 2019 at the Las Vegas Valley Water District/Southern Nevada Water Authority. In addition, Johnson was a director of risk management at Penn National Gaming/The M Resort from May 2014 to October 2016, according to the online biography.
This story has been updated to correct errors in charges filed against a former city of North Las Vegas employee.
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