LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A former Clark County firefighter convicted of possessing baby sexual abuse materials faces new prices for allegedly possessing extra photos whereas on probation, paperwork stated.
Isiah Tureaud, 36, of North Las Vegas, faces three sex-related prices following his arrest on Saturday, Sept. 20.
In January 2024, a Clark County Hearth Division firefighter discovered a mobile phone in a mattress at a southwest valley hearth station. The cellphone contained a whole lot of photos of kid pornography, police stated. Tureaud allegedly slept within the mattress on the station earlier than the cellphone’s discovery.
Detectives later obtained a search warrant for the cellphone and different potential gadgets associated to their investigation. Officers then searched Tureaud’s locker, discovering 1000’s of comparable photos on two USB drives, paperwork stated.
In December 2024, Tureaud took a plea deal on three counts of possession of visible presentation depicting sexual conduct of a kid, data stated. Prosecutors didn’t oppose a decide sentencing Tureaud to probation, ought to a “psychosexual evaluation show he was not a “high risk.”
Final March, Clark County District Court docket Choose Jennifer Schwartz sentenced Tureaud to probation for 3 years, data stated. Schwartz warned Tureaud that if he violated the phrases of his probation, which incorporates staying away from locations like colleges and playgrounds, he would go to jail for at the least a yr. Schwartz additionally ordered Tureaud to register as a intercourse offender.
In August, a detective obtained info from the Nationwide Heart for Lacking and Exploited Kids about extra baby sexual abuse materials allegedly in an electronic mail account related to Tureaud, paperwork stated.
Tureaud later confessed to police “that he screen recorded [the material] with his phone” and saved it within the account, paperwork stated.
Tureaud began working for the division in 2017 and resigned in 2024, a county spokesperson stated.
He was scheduled to look in court docket on Oct. 7. As a result of Tureaud was on probation on the time of his arrest, a decide denied setting bail.
The reserving picture of Tureaud offered on this article was taken for his 2024 arrest. Police businesses throughout Southern Nevada not present reserving images, citing a circuit court docket ruling.
