The U.S. Marshals Service and Las Vegas police are conducting a three-day joint enforcement operation in Clark County as part of an ongoing effort to make Halloween safer for children.
Sex Crimes
A Mormon church official said Friday that a man facing lewdness, child pornography and kidnapping charges was not acting in his role as a home teacher when the alleged crimes occurred.
As Henderson police tried to arrest Martin Gillen at his home in August on a charge of lewdness with a child, the registered sex offender stabbed himself in the throat, saying he did not want to return to prison, according to prosecutors.
North Las Vegas detectives on Thursday arrested Jorge Burgos at his office for multiple counts of open and gross lewdness, according to a spokesman.
District Judge Eric Johnson sentenced Sean P. Cordeiro on Tuesday to 96 years to life in prison for a series of attacks and burglaries in February 2014.
The FBI’s Las Vegas division on Monday said it found three minors and arrested 44 adult prostitutes as part of Operation Cross Country X, an international effort focused on stopping underage human trafficking.
A volunteer football coach at Silverado High School was accused of sexual misconduct on Friday with a 16-year-old female student, Clark County School District Police said.
A Nye County School District employee was arrested Tuesday in connection with the sexual assault of a 17-year-old student.
North Las Vegas police have fielded several calls in connection with the Wednesday arrest of North Las Vegas doctor Jorge Burgos on lewdness charges. “Some allege they may be victims, some are calling as character witnesses, stating that Dr. Burgos is very professional,” according to police.
A Kingman, Arizona, who allegedly sexually assaulted and tortured his wife and her son over several days last week has been arrested.
A man arrested Tuesday in Henderson is a registered sex offender wanted in California for parole violation, Metro police said.
Otis Holland, 59, who prosecutors said created a church as an outlet to rape several minor girls, maintained his innocence. Earlier this year, a jury convicted him on 15 counts, including sexual assault of a minor and lewdness with a child.
The death penalty trial for a man accused in the rape and murder of a 15-year-old Arbor View High School freshman was postponed Tuesday after his lawyers said they wanted a hearing on his mental capacity.
A 63-year-old Las Vegas man used ads on Craigslist to lure teenage girls into sex trafficking, according to a Metropolitan Police Department arrest report obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Police arrested a man Tuesday in connection to a teenage sex trafficking investigation initiated in May.