August 30, 2018
Defendant Receives up to Five Year Prison Sentence
Las Vegas, NV – Today, Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced that Richard James Mapp, 35, of Las Vegas, was sentenced to up to five years in prison for inducing a minor child to engage in prostitution. Mapp played football as a receiver for University of Nevada Las Vegas in the early 2000s. His crimes include one count of Child Abuse, Neglect or Endangerment, a category “B” felony, and one count of Pandering, a category “C” felony. The crimes were committed between September and November 2017.
Eighth Judicial District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt sentenced Mapp to 24 to 60 months in the Nevada Department of Corrections for the crime of Child Abuse, Neglect or Endangerment, and 24-60 months for the crime of Pandering. Both counts will run concurrent to each other. Additionally, Mapp will be ordered to register as a sex offender within 48 hours of his release from prison.
“Today’s sentencing should send a message that crimes targeting and endangering our minors will not go unnoticed or unpunished,” said Laxalt. “I continue to be proud of my investigators and prosecutors who worked with their law enforcement partners to bring swift justice on this victim’s behalf.”
To report instances of human trafficking, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline at 1-888-373-7888. The National Human Trafficking Resource Center is a national, toll-free hotline available to answer calls from anywhere in the country 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Individuals may also call the U.S. Department of Justice Hotline at 1-888-428-7581 or call the local authorities. For more information on human trafficking, the warning signs, and how you can help fight this epidemic, visit the Office of the Nevada Attorney General’s website here.
Investigators assigned to the Southern Nevada Human Trafficking Task Force investigated this case. The Office of the Nevada Attorney General’s Criminal Prosecution Unit is prosecuting this case.
The criminal Information against Richard James Mapp is attached.
| MAPP, RICHARD JAMES |
 (Photo courtesy of the Last Vegas Metropolitan Police Department) |
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