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Officers are trying to determine whether a suspect in three sexual assaults at gunpoint in August and September victimized other women.
Nevada’s two public universities experienced spikes in reports of sexual, domestic and dating violence incidents from 2017 to 2018, according to a report to be presented this week to the Board of Regents.
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.
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.
The suspect, Luther Walker, 52, is facing sexual assault charges in the attacks — one in 2000 and one in 2014.
The owner of Battle Born Jiu Jitsu studio in the northwest valley was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of child sex crimes, according to police and court records.
A man known as a Las Vegas “neighborhood babysitter” faces additional child sex abuse charges Thursday afternoon.
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested 53-year-old Sean Rix on warrants from the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.
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 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.
The complaint filed this week alleges that the school district and Maysen Melton’s parents failed to protect his fellow students despite his record as a sexual predator.