“It’s concerning that when the case involves an apparent friend of the sheriff, suddenly in this instance they’re treating the case differently,” a First Amendment lawyer said.
Sex Crimes
Kirk Hooten, a recently retired Las Vegas police officer, admitted he thought a 16-year-old girl he allegedly tried to force into his vehicle was a “hooker,” according to his arrest report.
A judge on Monday set a preliminary hearing for a retired Las Vegas police officer charged with soliciting a child for prostitution.
A Pahrump Valley High School teacher was arrested Friday after allegedly using Grindr to meet with a student at a hotel room for “sexual conduct,” police said.
A retired Las Vegas police officer has been charged with soliciting a child for prostitution.
Las Vegas police on Nov. 8 arrested 29-year-old Trenton Harris, who faces felony child pornography charges, according to an arrest report.
A father and daughter were arrested in California after allegedly kidnapping a woman out of North Las Vegas, sexually assaulting her and dumping her in the desert, officials said.
New charges have been filed against a man who was accused last year of sexually assaulting a woman while on duty as an armed security guard for a downtown Las Vegas casino.
Casey Matthews, 48, was booked Oct. 31 into the Clark County Detention Center on two felony counts of sex trafficking of a child under 18.
Luis Angel Vicente Martir Gudiel, 27, who brought the 14-year-old Arizona girl to the city in 2018, was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years in prison.
A Las Vegas couple has been charged with sexually assaulting a young girl and filming the abuse, according to a recently released arrest report.
Clark County School District police arrested Joshua Youngblood after reviewing social media messages he allegedly exchanged with a minor student.
A Snapchat conversation led Las Vegas police to arrest a man accused of forcing two women to undress, then photographing and sexually assaulting them during robberies.
The 44-year-old music producer, whose real name is Jamal Rashid, operated several escort businesses that served as prostitution fronts, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
A woman told police that a Las Vegas Valley taxicab driver forced her to touch his groin while he drove on Oct. 13, according to an arrest report.
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