LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A suspended Las Vegas Metro police sergeant has agreed to serve no less than 4 years in jail — and as many as 10 — as a part of a plea deal involving arrests on the Las Vegas Strip and the possession of kid pornography, paperwork mentioned.
Metro police arrested Sgt. Kevin Menon, 43, in August. In his first case, the Clark County District Legal professional’s Workplace alleged Menon abused his energy by creating pretend eventualities that resulted in residents, primarily Black males, being detained on the Las Vegas Strip, the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported.
When detectives investigating that case seized Menon’s digital units, they mentioned they discovered baby sexual abuse materials, often known as baby pornography. This resulted in a second felony case in opposition to Menon for baby pornography-related costs.
In his third case, Menon was accused of organising recording units in loos in his house, prosecutors mentioned. Natasha Menon and Tamara Russell, who stay with Kevin Menon, have insisted they aren’t victims and submitted affidavits stating they have been conscious of the recordings.
Menon agreed to a plea deal Wednesday following a settlement convention between his legal professional, Robert Draskovich, and prosecutors. Menon agreed to plead responsible to costs together with oppression beneath colour of workplace, subornation of perjury, possession of kid pornography and capturing a picture of the personal space of one other particular person, the settlement mentioned.
As a part of the settlement, Menon may serve as much as 10 years in jail. He would change into parole eligible after serving 4 years. Since August, Menon has been out and in of jail, that means he earned credit score for time served. A decide most just lately elevated his bail to $1 million.
Menon will probably be sentenced on Aug. 4.
In courtroom paperwork, Menon claims he tried to show racism inside the police division and that it’s retaliating in opposition to him.
Investigators inside the division consider Menon orchestrated pretend arrests by instigating conditions with the general public with out possible trigger, paperwork mentioned. In a single case, Menon ordered the search of a automotive with none purpose, police mentioned. In one other, the sergeant, who typically labored in a plain garments capability, deliberately collided with an individual on a pedestrian bridge, resulting in their arrest, police investigators allege.
After his preliminary arrest, the division positioned Menon on depart with pay and suspended his police powers pending an investigation. The division has since stopped paying him, and it was unclear what his employment standing would entail post-plea.
