November 22, 2013
First Case Being Prosecuted
By AG’s Office Under AB67
Carson City, NV – Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto
announced today that a Las Vegas man was indicted by a Clark County grand jury
on several felonies in connection with his operation of prostituting a 16 year
old female juvenile.
“The sex trafficking of
juveniles is a horrible crime,” said Masto. “This office will use all of
the law enforcement tools at our disposal to prosecute cases of sex trafficking
to the fullest extent of the law.”
Lloyd contacted and persuaded a
16-year-old female child from Ogden, Utah to come Las Vegas, Nev. with the
intent of engaging her in prostitution. Lloyd accepted and received all of the
16-year-old's proceeds of prostitution activity. Additionally, Lloyd caused and
permitted his 3-year-old daughter to be driven around in his vehicle whereby
the vehicle was being used to transport the 16-year-old child for purposes of
engaging the 16 year old in prostitution.
Lloyd is charged with:
- one (1) count of kidnapping
in the first degree,
- one (1) count of sex
trafficking,
- one (1) count of living from
the earnings of a prostitute, and
- two (2) counts of child abuse
and neglect
The incidents occurred on or
about July 26 to Aug. 30, 2013.
This
is the first sex trafficking case prosecuted by the Nevada Attorney General's
Office after passage and implementation of AssemblyBill 67, which took effect on July 1.
This case is being prosecuted by Chief Deputy Attorney General Russell Smith and Deputy Attorney General Sarah Overly of the Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Justice and was investigated by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s (LVMPD) Child Exploitation Task Force.
“This is another example of state and local law enforcement combining skills and resources to keep our community safe,” said LVMPD Officer Bill Cassell. “The sexual exploitation and trafficking of children is among the most heinous of crimes. It will be the continued focus of all law enforcement.”
An indictment is a statement of
charges. The defendant is presumed innocent until his guilt is proven in a
court of law.
Click here to
read the indictment.
For
more information on the human trafficking, go to http://ag.nv.gov/HT.
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(Photo courtesy of Las Vegas
Metropolitan Police Department)
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