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2024-02-03 23:50:08 UTC
A repeat sex offender in a blue state? Who would ever think that?
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) A man previously accused of asking random children toopen their mouths was arrested Tuesday on similar allegations outside of
an elementary school, documents said.
The incidents happened Tuesday morning around 8:15 a.m. at Bonner
Elementary School, which is located near the intersection of Hualapai Way
and Town Center Drive, documents said. Las Vegas Metro police then
arrested Nicholas Donovan, 27, on charges including lewdness with a child
under 14 and kidnapping of a minor.
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Several students reported the incident to employees. Staff at the school
also told police they saw a man, later identified as Donovan, on video
near the school property and talking to students, documents said.
Staff stated they were notified by multiple students regarding [Donovan]
following them to school and attempting to talk to them as well as telling
them to open their mouths, documents said. The students stated Donovan
was a stranger and was not a family member or friend.
Officers responded to the school, finding Donovan nearby, they said. The
officers noted Donovan had prior arrests where he also had asked children
to open their mouth while he acted out in a sexual manner, documents
said.
Several students told police Donovan told them he needed help and asked
them to come over to him, documents said. Another student told police
Donovan grabbed him by the face and tried to forcefully open his mouth.
[The student] stated that Donovan told him, I want to check your
mouth, documents said. [The student] stated that Donovan attempted to
shove his right index and right middle finger[s] into his mouth.
Another student said Donovan also asked to see inside her mouth and
shoved two fingers inside, but she bit him, documents said.
The 8 News Now Investigators have learned that Donovan was arrested for
lewdness with a child under 14 in 2017 and later agreed to a plea deal
which resulted in probation and a child abuse charge. Donovan was accused
in several incidents in 2017.
Report: Man arrested for lewdness with child is former Metro Explorer
A child had reported that he approached her at Summerlin Library and told
her to open her mouth while he unzipped his pants. A librarian intervened
and called the police. It was later learned that Donovan was accused of
approaching several underage girls at the library that day. Metro police
did not respond that day due to a plane crash, according to court records.
Donovan was also accused of grabbing an underage girl outside of church.
Later that month, police said that Donovan approached a boy in the
bathroom of a Target store in the Summerlin area, grabbed him, and told
him to open his mouth.
The report said when the child asked if he could leave, Donovan said,
Open your mouth wider. Metro police said the child told them he kept
repeating that phrase over and over again before eventually touching
himself in front of the child.
A family member noticed the child had been in the restroom a while, went
to check on him and the child revealed what happened. By the time the
family tried to locate Donovan, he was gone.
Police obtained surveillance video from the store and released Donovans
images to the public. A store manager reported that a couple of months
before the incident, a father said that Donovan touched his 5-year-old
daughters face as he talked to her.
In 2020, Donovan agreed to a plea deal where he completed a mental health
program and received probation. He was later honorably discharged from
probation, according to court records. Donovan was not on the sex offender
registry.
Before his 2017 arrest, Donovan had been an explorer at the Las Vegas
Metropolitan Police Department. Through the Explorer program, teenagers
volunteer and learn more about police work.
Donovan remained in custody Thursday on $20,000 bail, records said.
Detectives believe there may be additional victims from Tuesday. Anyone
who may have been a victim or has information about these crimes is urged
to contact the Summerlin Area Command, Patrol Investigation Section at
702-828-9457. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 702-
385-5555, or online.
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