Giovanni Ruiz had faced the death penalty and was set to go to trial later this month in the 2019 killing of 19-year-old Paula Davis.
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William Spahr was prosecuted in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas for having 33 images of child sexual abuse on his phone.
Bryce Tokunaga, 31, has been charged with first-degree kidnapping of a minor and sex trafficking a child under 18, court records show.
Irving Malagon, 31, was arrested Friday, according to a Metropolitan Police Department news release.
Anyone who may have been a victim or has information about this crime is urged to contact Metro’s Sexual Assault Detail at 702-828-3421.
A suspect was apprehended Tuesday by police after police dispatch received a report of a suspicious male approaching juveniles on the 700 block of Crestdale Lane in Summerlin.
A woman filed a federal lawsuit against comedian Bill Cosby, claiming he sexually assaulted when she was a teen in the Elvis Presley suite at the former Las Vegas Hilton in 1986.
After the successful sex trafficking crackdown last week, Las Vegas police said plans to combat sex trafficking during the Super Bowl will be announced soon.
Benito Garcia-Morales, 42, was arrested after he allegedly agreed to meet who he thought was a 15-year-old juvenile for sex.
Colby Olen committed an additional felony offense while on release, the Department of Justice said.
A woman who says she was sex trafficked at a Motel 6 just off the Strip has alleged in a federal lawsuit that the property’s owner-operator did nothing to stop the crimes against her.
Mohamed Muhina, 28, pleaded guilty in November to one count of sexual exploitation of children.
James Wynhoff pleaded guilty to charges of attempted child sex trafficking and possession of child pornography, prosecutors said.
The woman told police that the officer wrote on WhatsApp that he “wanted to sneak into the hospital and have sex with her.”
Brady Powell, 42, worked at Premier Physical Therapy and Sports Performance in North Las Vegas.