After media reports of a local pastor’s arrest on suspicion of sexually abusing children, four more girls told police they had been abused, according to arrest reports released Tuesday.
Sex Crimes
The Metropolitan Police Department previously said detectives believe that, because of the man’s position at his church, there may be more unidentified victims.
Devon Cervin was indicted Wednesday on two counts of sexual assault, one count of first-degree kidnapping and one count of battery with intent to commit sexual assault.
A North Las Vegas man made his first court appearance Tuesday after a grand jury indicted him on a myriad of charges, including child sex trafficking.
A man who promised a woman Christmas Day dinner at his grandmother’s Las Vegas home instead led the woman to an abandoned house and sexually assaulted her, police said.
A Las Vegas man who had been previously been accused of sexual seduction of minors is facing 11 counts of sex assault.
The Rape Crisis Center is encouraging partygoers to stick together on New Year’s Eve to protect young women from sexual violence.
The Nevada Department of Corrections said Pedro Mejia, 58, died Saturday at 5:42 a.m. at the Hospice Unit at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City.
Refuge for Women is a national organization designed to help survivors of sex trafficking. The Las Vegas branch opened in 2015.
Officers are trying to determine whether a suspect in three sexual assaults at gunpoint in August and September victimized other women.
A man identified Friday by Las Vegas police as a local pastor has been arrested in connection with the sexual abuse of a child that “took place over several years.”
A court hearing has been postponed for a father and daughter accused in the kidnapping and rape of a woman who authorities have said was abducted in North Las Vegas.
A North Las Vegas Justice Court bailiff accused of paying a teen boy for sex is now facing an additional sex trafficking charge.
Lynwood Young, 32, was arrested in November on suspicion of attempting to rape a stranger as she was walking home in central Las Vegas, according to an arrest report.
Las Vegas police are searching for possible additional victims after a former nightclub host was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.