Authorities arrested more than a dozen people , including a federal agent, that police said were trying to have sex with and year-olds, according to a statement released Thursday. Undercover agents posed as and year-olds who talked to the men online, scheduling to meet on June 1 and 2. Police said the men were arrested when they arrived at the meeting location. After his arrest, Jivan was determined to be a special agent of with Homeland Security Investigations, according a Las Vegas police arrest report.
Jivan claimed he was working human trafficking and trying to determine if the person he was communicating with was a real person. Police confirmed Jivan was acting on his own. Each man faces one count of luring a child for a sex act, according to court records and all but PetersenMoore had posted bail as of Thursday. PetersenMoore, Vasquez, Reed, Fillmore and Schell had each been charged and were scheduled for preliminary hearings later this month and early next month.
Anyone who may have been victimized by the men or has information may call Metro at Contact Sabrina Schnur at sschnur reviewjournal. Review-Journal staff reporter David Wilson contributed to this report. Las Vegas police allege that attorney Gary Guymon conspired with two felons to kill a client while Guymon was under investigation in a sex trafficking case. The arrest resulted from two investigations in which the suspect allegedly held female victims against their will and sexually assaulted them.
Deshae Bowen-Edwards, 32, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of sexual conduct with a student. After months of treatment, a man facing murder and sexual assault charges was found competent to stand trial.
A wanted sex offender is back into custody in Las Vegas after being on the run in Mexico for more than a decade, authorities announced. The U. Marshals Service says a man who was wanted by Las Vegas police on a warrant for two counts of sexual assault has been arrested.
