A man is accused of trying to extort $100,000 from a professional gambler by threatening to release secretly filmed footage of the two having sex in Las Vegas.
Sex Crimes
Jahmal Blanche, 29, was arrested Aug. 2 on charges of sexual assault and kidnapping.
A former Las Vegas Strip security guard has been acquitted of sexual assault and kidnapping charges that stemmed from a 2017 allegation at New York-New York.
William Vinson was found competent to face charges of attempted murder, battery and kidnapping after he allegedly backed into a motorcycle officer and kidnapped a woman.
Amanjot Singh was arrested July 28 after security officers at the Trump International hotel, 2000 Fashion Show Drive, called police to report an unconscious woman in a room with four men.
Las Vegas police and the local rape crisis center have teamed up to provide additional advocacy services at each police station in the valley.
A Las Vegas man faces three years in prison for failing to register as a sex offender in California upon his move to the state, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
A 32-year-old man was arrested last week after Las Vegas police said he was sex trafficking a teenager he met online and requiring her to give him all of her money.
A Las Vegas man described by residents as the neighborhood babysitter has been arrested on charges of lewdness and child abuse.
Las Vegas saw the highest total in the U.S. of rescued child sex trafficking victims during an FBI-led nationwide sweep in July known as Operation Independence Day.
A North Las Vegas high school teacher was buying marijuana for a special needs teenager and had taken her on at least one trip out of state without her mother’s consent, according to his arrest report.
A man was arrested on July 25 after Las Vegas police say he kidnapped two men, broke into their apartment and raped a woman. He faces multiple charges, including kidnapping, robbery and sexual assault.
The complaint alleged that two children placed by the Department of Family Services into an Oregon home were sexually abused.
A Las Vegas man was arrested July 28 after police said he assaulted a woman in her apartment.
More than 25 years after 7-year-old Diana Hernandez was raped and killed, a man pleaded guilty Monday to related murder and sexual assault charges.