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Michael Timothy Skelton, 42 (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

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By Christian Bertolaccini Las Vegas Review-Journal

December 15, 2015 - 8:40 pm

A Clark County School District custodian was arrested Monday after committing sex acts in a Las Vegas school, according to court records.

Michael Timothy Skelton, 42, was charged with multiple counts of gross lewdness, malicious destruction of property, and poisoning or adulterating food, water, or medicine. He is being held at the Clark County Detention Center on $116,000 bail.

Skelton previously worked at Park Elementary School, according to salary records from TransparentNevada. As of Tuesday night it was unclear where he was working at the time of his arrest.

School district officials did not respond to calls seeking comment.

Contact Christian Bertolaccini at cbertolaccini@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find him on Twitter: @bertolaccinic

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