Las Vegas police arrest middle school custodian
A Clark County School District custodian was arrested Saturday on three counts of unlawful contact with a minor or mentally ill person.
Jesus A. Acosta, 56, is the 11th school district employee to be arrested this year in connection with inappropriate behavior from last July to April. That number tops 10 arrests made in each of the two previous school years, according to the district.
The Metropolitan Police Department said it made the arrest on the 9300 block of Sterling Hill Avenue. P0lice provided no details on what led to the arrest.
Acosta was working as a custodian at Tarkanian Middle School, 5800 W. Pyle Ave., and was hired by the district in 2014, school district spokesman David Sheehan said.
A spokeswoman from the school declined to comment Monday.
As of Monday afternoon, Clark County Detention Center records showed that Acosta remained in custody.
Contact Lawren Linehan at llinehan@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @lawrenlinehan on Twitter.
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