LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Israeli authorities official arrested as a part of a intercourse sting whereas attending a cybersecurity convention in Las Vegas pleaded not responsible Monday, and a choose scheduled his trial for subsequent yr.
On Wednesday, Aug. 6, Tom Alexandrovich, 38, allegedly chatted on-line with the FBI decoy posing as a 15-year-old lady about assembly for “sexual contact,” the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported, citing court docket paperwork. Alexandrovich later drove from his resort to a Henderson park.
Alexandrovich posted $10,000 bail on the Henderson Detention Heart on Aug. 7 and left the nation. Earlier this month, a grand jury voted to indict Alexandrovich on a cost of luring kids or mentally unwell individuals with using know-how with the intent to interact in sexual conduct.
Prosecutors allege Alexandrovich requested the decoy about assembly and mentioned attending a number of exhibits on the Las Vegas Strip. The decoy requested Alexandrovich to “bring condoms” with the settlement they might meet at Avellino Park in Henderson — a greater than 20-minute drive from the Las Vegas Strip.
Throughout his preliminary arraignment in district court docket on Monday, Alexandrovich appeared remotely and pleaded not responsible. Clark County District Courtroom Decide Tina Talim then scheduled his trial for March.
Alexandrovich’s attorneys stated they anticipate difficult elements of the grand jury course of.
In September, Alexandrovich appeared nearly in Henderson Justice Courtroom for his preliminary arraignment. In that listening to, Henderson Justice Courtroom Decide Barbara Schifalacqua ordered him to avoid minors and keep off purposes or social media websites for courting. Prosecutors didn’t ask Schifalacqua to extend bail, and she or he saved the quantity at $10,000.
Earlier this month, Talim agreed to permit Alexandrovich to proceed to look remotely for his court docket appearances.
