LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Clark County decide set bond at $150,000 for a Las Vegas man accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old woman he met on social media.
Authorities mentioned they could have disrupted a big intercourse trafficking community.
“This defendant drove to Colorado to pick her up from there and bring her to Las Vegas and have sex with her,” Clark County Chief Deputy District Lawyer Richard Scow mentioned.
Officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division arrested Cameron Scruggs, 25, on Wednesday.
Cameron Scruggs seems in courtroom in Las Vegas on Friday, June 27, 2025. (KLAS)
Scruggs is accused of kidnapping an adolescent from Aurora, Colorado, on June 17, sparking a search throughout western states that concerned a number of regulation enforcement businesses, together with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Her disappearance resulted within the Colorado Bureau of Investigation issuing a Lacking Endangered Alert.
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Clark County prosecutors mentioned Scruggs was grooming the kid.
“She is 14 years old, 13 years old at the time the communication with this defendant started,” Scow mentioned.
Scruggs and Christian Williamson, 26, had been arrested on Wednesday.
Christian Williamson. (KLAS/Aurora Police Division)
In keeping with police, Williamson was the primary one arrested in Colorado and he later advised police Scruggs was in Las Vegas with the teenager.
In courtroom paperwork, investigators mentioned “they conducted a traffic stop on Cameron [Scruggs], when they asked him about — the teen — he replied, stating that she is in the apartment. The FBI went to his apartment and found her.”
Scruggs appeared in Clark County Justice Court docket together with his court-appointed lawyer, Josie Bayudan.
“He’s 25 years old, very limited criminal history,” Bayuden, the Clark County chief public defender, mentioned.
On Thursday, the Aurora Police Division mentioned the extent of coordination between Scruggs and Williamson.
Aurora Police Division Cmdr. Marc Paolina. (KLAS/Aurora Police Division)
“This could very well be part of a bigger human trafficking case, and these social media sites is where they all happen,” Aurora Police Cmdr. Marc Paolina mentioned.
In keeping with police, the teenager was speaking to older males utilizing websites like Discord and Reddit.
“We believe that they had prior contact just online and that through these chat rooms, and social media they somehow came together. We don’t know again what exactly is the extent of that and how that came together. That’s all part of the investigation,” Paolina mentioned.
Cameron Scruggs is scheduled to return to a Clark County courtroom on July 1. He is additionally going through prices in Colorado.
