LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas man accused of severely abusing his kids and placing at the least two of them in a canine cage has agreed to a plea deal, the 8 Information Now Investigators have realized.
Travis Doss, 34, pleaded responsible to 6 counts of kid abuse, neglect, or endangerment leading to substantial bodily hurt on Wednesday, based on Clark County District Court docket paperwork.
Doss faces a jail time period of 18-72 years in jail, the responsible plea settlement specifies.
In July 2023, a grand jury indicted Doss on 38 counts of kid abuse, two counts associated to first-degree kidnapping, one rely of intercourse trafficking, and one rely of residing off the earnings of a prostitute.
Las Vegas Metro police discovered six kids house alone whereas two of them had been locked in a canine cage in June 2023, the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported. The oldest baby was 11. Physique digital camera video confirmed officers rescuing the kids, who all confirmed indicators of abuse. Allegations dated again to 2019, based on the Clark County District Lawyer’s workplace.
The household of 9 lived in a one-bedroom extended-stay unit.Earlier than his arrest, Doss tried to be a rapper below the identify “Trap Montana.”
His spouse, Amanda Stamper, 33, had referred to as 911, which led to the kids’s rescue. Police additionally arrested Stamper.
Travis Doss and Amanda Stamped shared a residence close to Flamingo Street and Valley View Boulevard, information confirmed. (KLAS)
In February, a decide sentenced Stamper, the stepmother to the six victims, to 7-18 years in jail for failing to intervene to guard the kids.
Clark County Chief Deputy District Lawyer Dena Rinetti mentioned Doss stored one of many kids locked in a canine cage for 5 days whereas additionally ravenous him. The kid was severely malnourished.
Stamper pleaded responsible to a few felony counts of kid abuse, neglect or endangerment. A grand jury in Clark County beforehand indicted Stamper on seven counts of felony baby abuse and neglect.
Stamper and Doss had one baby collectively on the time of their arrests. Stamper later gave delivery to a different baby.
Stamper mentioned Doss additionally abused her. Prosecutors recognized her as a sufferer in his separate intercourse trafficking case.Rinetti identified that Stamper had entry to a automobile and the chance to go away the house and name police or Little one Protecting Companies. Doss had even texted Stamper a photograph of one of many kids who seemed to be lifeless, saying that he killed him, based on Rinetti. The kid survived. Nonetheless, Stamper solely referred to as 911 after Doss had been dishonest on her and she or he had despatched Doss practically 100 unanswered textual content messages, Rinetti mentioned.
Stamper and Doss each had legal histories after they had been arrested. There was an lively warrant for Doss out of South Carolina. He was wished for aggravated assault, based on North Myrtle Seaside police. Two days earlier than the warrant for Doss was issued in January, regulation enforcement arrested Stamper in reference to a warrant for violating federal probation associated to drug fees in Tennessee, police mentioned.Throughout one court docket listening to, Doss shook his head at 8 Information Now’s digital camera and tried to cover. He stays in custody and is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 16.
