A Las Vegas man who traveled to Michigan to have sex with minors — and who was in possession of thousands of child pornography images — was sentenced Tuesday to 160 months in prison.
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Two California women testified as prosecution witnesses Wednesday in the rape trial of a former nightclub promoter, and fought back tears as they described similar sexual assaults that occurred in 1997 and 2002.
The rape trial of a former nightclub promoter opened Tuesday in Las Vegas. In addition to the 2014 case, he has been implicated in two other sexual assault cases in Los Angeles that date back to 1997.
A 15-year-old boy charged in the gang rape of a 14-year-old special education student will be prosecuted in the adult justice system, a Clark County Family Court judge ruled Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors have filed trafficking and coercion charges against a Las Vegas man accused of driving a 15-year-old girl to a fire station for sex.
A judge set bail at $25,000 on Thursday for a Las Vegas fire captain accused of paying a teenage girl $300 to have sex with him inside a fire station.
A Las Vegas fire captain paid a teenage girl $300 to have sex with him inside a fire station, according to court papers made public Wednesday.
Jurors took about two hours to convict 48-year-old Melvyn Sprowson on four counts of unlawful use of a minor in the production of pornography, as well as one count each of first-degree kidnapping and child abuse or neglect.
Defendant Melvyn Sprowson spoke to jurors for a final time Thursday as he delivered an animated closing argument in his kidnapping and child porn trial. Jurors will begin deliberations in the case Friday.
Melvyn Sprowson took the stand Wednesday in his kidnapping and child porn trial. Acting as his own defense, he said he kept a 16-year-old girl in his apartment for about two months because he was afraid she would kill herself if he took her home.
Melvyn Sprowson, representing himself at trial, faces the possibility of life in prison on four counts of unlawful use of a minor in the production of pornography, and one count each of first-degree kidnapping and child abuse or neglect.
Jury selection began Tuesday in the case of a former Las Vegas kindergarten teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl.
On deciding Javier Righetti’s punishment for the rape and murder of 15-year-old Alyssa Otremba, a prosecutor on Tuesday urged jurors to look no further than the defendant’s own words.
A month before he killed 15-year-old Alyssa Otremba in northwest Las Vegas, Mexican police issued an arrest warrant for Javier Righetti in connection with the rape of his cousin.
Former mixed martial arts fighter War Machine shook his head Monday as a Las Vegas jury convicted him of more than two dozen charges for a vicious attack on his one-time girlfriend and another man.