Metro: Sex sting in Las Vegas leads to 15 arrests
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Metro Police
These 15 men were arrested in a two-day undercover operation in the Las Vegas area targeting sexual predators online.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 | 5:27 p.m.
Fifteen men have been arrested after a multi-agency sting that targeted online child sex predators in Clark County, according to a Metro Police.
The men, ages 21-41, were charged with luring a minor with a computer to engage in sex, police said. They’ve been booked in North Las Vegas Community Correctional Center.
The charges stem from a two-day Internet Crimes Against Children operation where undercover agents posed as juveniles online.
“After being solicited for sex by the adult suspects, a meeting was set up and the suspects were taken into custody,” the release says.
Those arrested were Nathan Foreman, 41; Cesar Martinez, 30; Ravinder Randhawa, 32; Luis Douglas, 29; Devin Fox, 24; Dimitar Kolev, 22; Patrick Summary, 35; Angel De Jesus Padilla-Garcia, 29; James Hernandez, 56; Dion York, 26; Oliver Bulong, 25, Kristopher Gamarro, 22; Joseph Soto, 30; Jonah Labang, 21; and Johnathon Brown, 37.
“The LVMPD would like to remind parents to discuss with their children the dangers of online chats with strangers,” the release says. “Parents are encouraged to routinely monitor their children’s activity on social media and other online applications to prevent them from becoming victims of a child sex predator.”
The operation was made up of detectives from the Crimes Against Children Task Force, FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, Metro Police, Henderson Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigation, Nevada Attorney General and North Las Vegas Police Department.