He had been charged with sexually abusing four children, and his attorney expects he will die in prison. One of the charges carries a 35-year minimum sentence.
Child abuse
Crystal Stephens, 48, was accused of torturing and killing 4-year-old Brandon Steckler, Jr., who was found by police in a Las Vegas apartment in 2018.
Police said Miles Stano Jr.’s baby was found dead with a fractured skull and bruising on his head.
Diaja Smith and Jacoby Robinson face murder and child abuse charges. They were arrested after their son’s body was found in a dumpster near downtown Las Vegas.
A teacher at a school in the western Las Vegas Valley is facing a felony child abuse charge, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Two Henderson parents have been arrested on suspicion on child abuse after police found an 11-year-old inside a large metal enclosure inside a residence.
The arrest stems from an investigation initiated at the elementary school northeast of Las Vegas where she is a special education/early childhood reacher.
Brian Laugeson was arrested in July after police found him with his children in a hot car in a desert area near Henderson.
Brian Laugeson and his young children were drifting in and out of consciousness when they were found in the desert, according to Henderson police.
It’s unclear if the two parents killed their 16-year-old son, as an autopsy was still pending, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.
A woman who left her 5-year-old daughter inside a hot, locked bedroom, leading to the girl’s death, was sentenced Thursday to a minimum of 10 years in prison.
A grand jury indicted three North Las Vegas people whom prosecutors say abused a teenage girl and another victim for almost seven years.
Kristin Denise Bush and James Bush were sentenced to 28 to 120 months in state prison in the child abuse death of their 14-year-old disabled son in 2015.