The lawsuit suggested that former Metropolitan Police Department Capt. John Pelletier helped to cover up a 2018 sexual assault and that he kidnapped witnesses.
Sex Crimes
A Las Vegas youth soccer coach is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl after picking her up in his truck last month, according to a police report.
Las Vegas police said they believe there may be additional victims of a local youth soccer coach who was recently arrested on suspicion of child sexual assault.
Anthony Coffield is accused of raping the previously identified victim in a campus dressing room days before she was scheduled to graduate.
A multi-agency human trafficking operation led by the Metropolitan Police Department resulted in more arrests and citations than during the same period in 2024, the department said.
Anthony Coffield, 35, made a brief appearance in Henderson Justice Court, where his attorney waived the reading of charges against the teacher.
A Clark County School District teacher faces charges of sexual assault and making voluntary sexual conduct with a student, the Henderson Police Department said.
Antwone Washington, a football coach and campus security officer at Valley High School, was indicted last year. He pleaded guilty to two felonies.
Six people have been arrested in connection with a multi-agency operation that targeted child sex predators in the Las Vegas Valley, according to police.
The judge said prosecutors met the standard of probable cause and presented evidence that could help him to the grand jury.
Federal prosecutors said the 25-year-old man trafficked the girl in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Diego for nearly three weeks before he was arrested last October.
A Henderson man who was arrested and charged last month with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material has died.
A multi-jurisdictional sex offender verification operation resulted in 19 arrests, according to a Metropolitan Police Department release.
A man is facing charges after investigators say he uploaded abusive videos and images to a mobile cloud, according to the Henderson Police Department.
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