LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A decide ordered an Israeli authorities official accused of a intercourse crime to look in her courtroom nearly or in particular person, delaying his arraignment one week.
Tom Alexandrovich, 38, faces a cost of luring a toddler with a pc for intercourse acts, in line with police. He posted a $10,000 bail on the Henderson Detention Heart on Aug. 7, court docket information confirmed, and left the nation.
Henderson Justice Courtroom Chief Choose Barbara Schifalacqua was scheduled to arraign Alexandrovich on the cost on Wednesday morning. Arraignments, which typically final simply minutes, are when a defendant is formally charged and once they typically enter a plea.
Alexandrovich’s legal professional was current for Wednesday’s listening to, not Alexandrovich, main Schifalacqua to order his look in particular person or nearly. She delayed the proceedings till subsequent week. Nevada regulation permits attorneys to signify purchasers on their behalf.
Alexandrovich’s attorneys later confirmed in an announcement that he would seem nearly at his subsequent court docket look.
“Mr. Alexandrovich will appear by zoom as permitted by the Court at his next court appearance,” the assertion from David Z. Chesnoff and Richard A. Schonfeld learn. “He intends to pursue all his lawful rights and to vigorously defend this case in the court and not in the media.”
Alexandrovich is an Israeli authorities official who was in Las Vegas for a cyber occasion, the 8 Information Now Investigators confirmed after his arrest.
On Wednesday, Aug. 6, Alexandrovich chatted on-line with the decoy posing as a 15-year-old woman about assembly for “sexual contact,” the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported, citing court docket paperwork. Police then arrested Alexandrovich as he ready to fulfill with the decoy.
One of many apps police accuse Alexandrovich of utilizing requires customers to be over 18 years previous, its web site mentioned.
Alexandrovich posted $10,000 bail shortly after his arrest, court docket information confirmed. The method permits defendants to pay the price and waive their proper to a possible trigger listening to, which the justice court docket oversees. No decide was a part of the usual bail course of.
“There was no court involvement,” Clark County District Legal professional Steve Wolfson mentioned final week. “There was no prosecution involvement. This is the normal practice. It is very standard in this community and many communities across the country.”
Alexandrovich didn’t seem earlier than a decide and posted bond earlier than his state-entitled possible trigger listening to and earlier than prosecutors filed a legal criticism towards him, the 8 Information Now Investigators reported Monday. Thus, no decide might put any added restrictions on his launch. Whereas a decide later reviewed the bail, there was no bodily listening to, and the decide had no mechanism so as to add additional restrictions.
Schifalacqua might modify Alexandrovich’s bail circumstances in the course of the subsequent listening to.
