A total of 22 people have been arrested in the sting, and nine have been convicted or pleaded guilty, according to police.
Sex Crimes
A Las Vegas man is accused of kidnapping a woman and sex trafficking her along Tropicana Avenue and Boulder Highway in the Las Vegas Valley, according to police reports.
Hours after asking the public’s help to find a man who was “armed and considered dangerous,” police have arrested 54-year-old Ryan Lorraine in connection with a Monday sexual assault.
A Las Vegas man was arrested in December after DNA testing linked him to a 2016 sex assault of a minor, according to police.
Las Vegas police apparently discovered that the pastor sometimes left pornography up on on his church computer, which he often allowed the children to use.
Police surrounded a central Las Vegas home Monday morning seeking a sexual assault suspect believed to be barricaded inside, but a search of the property came up empty.
Richard Garcia, 31, was arrested Jan.14 after he allegedly exposed himself to a girl walking to school near Boulder Highway and Twain Avenue, according to an arrest report.
A Las Vegas jury convicted a 52-year-old man Friday of first-degree murder and sexual assault in the rape and killing of a woman inside an east valley apartment.
Las Vegas police arrested a man on Wednesday in connection to a December sexual assault.
The operation targeted people allegedly using the internet to lure minors for sexual exploitation, according to a Mohave County Sheriff’s Office news release.
A Las Vegas pastor accused of sexually abusing girls at his church since at least 2016 faced a judge on Tuesday.
Bramwell Bernardo Retana, 44, the pastor of Iglesia Cristiana Oasis De Paz, now faces a total of 40 felony counts arising from his alleged abuse of underage girls.
A 79-year-old Henderson man is charged with possessing child pornography after police found more than 643 images and videos of child pornography.
A Las Vegas man was arrested on Jan. 3 after he was accused of touching himself outside of a preschool playground.
A Las Vegas man was arrested on Thursday after his fingerprints linked him to a sexual assault from 2015.