A veteran Las Vegas police officer faces five misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution following a nine-month investigation by intelligence detectives. Connell, who has mostly worked patrol in the South Central Area Command, was terminated following an investigation of solicitation of sex from women. The year veteran came under suspicion again in October, when he was spotted talking to a prostitute on Fremont Street, near Las Vegas Boulevard, court documents show.
When Connell was stopped by officers, he identified himself with his badge and explained he was trying to offer the woman a cheesecake. Soon after, vehicles belonging to Connell and his wife were reported in neighborhoods known for prostitution, including west of the Stratosphere, east of the Strip and south of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Her furnishings included a couple of chairs, a bed with white sheets, about 15 hand towels, a DVD player, about condoms, two tubes of lubricant and a count box of vinyl gloves, court documents show. During the surveillance, Moore sometimes received up to nine customers a day, staying as long as an hour or as short as four minutes.
While attending to her customers, Moore would close her blinds as a signal to others waiting, police said. On at least one occasion, police saw Connell parked outside of her apartment while the blinds were closed.
Connell once advised Moore if questioned to tell investigators they discussed religion and investigations, which they did, along with the sexual acts, she said. Felicia Cavanagh is alleging her daughter Allison Bailey died, in part, because of how the Guard treated Bailey after she reported being sexually assaulted. An arms dealer and citizen of Kyrgyzstan arrested at a Las Vegas firearm convention was indicted in federal court Thursday. Las Vegas police say a year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting at a house party in the southwest valley.
