{"id":158219,"date":"2020-12-11T15:29:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T23:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=158219"},"modified":"2020-12-11T16:15:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T00:15:44","slug":"child-prostitution-suspect-said-he-only-wanted-to-take-girl-ice-skating-on-las-vegas-strip-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/child-prostitution-suspect-said-he-only-wanted-to-take-girl-ice-skating-on-las-vegas-strip-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect Arrested for ‘Luring Child for Sex Acts’ Said He Only Wanted to Take Girl Ice Skating on Las Vegas Strip: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 46-year-old man arrested on suspicion of seeking sex with a juvenile told police he just wanted to take the girl ice skating at a casino on the Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n

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Visitors enjoy the view at the Cosmopolitan’s ice skating rink on the Las Vegas Strip. A California man accused of soliciting sex with a juvenile told police he only wanted to take her ice skating at this site. (Image: Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Christopher Mark Damron, of Oxnard, California, was booked into jail this week. He faces charges of soliciting a child for prostitution and luring a child for sexual acts, according to news reports.<\/p>\n

Damron recently replied to an online prostitution ad, saying he was grumpy because he had lost a lot of money, so was \u201ctrying to get happy,\u201d according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This response from Damron went to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer posing as a 15-year-old girl, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

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During the text messages, it was disclosed to Damron that the decoy was 15 years old,\u201d police said. \u201cAfter knowing the decoy\u2019s age, Damron continued to communicate with the decoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Damron texted that it was against the law to have sex with a 15-year-old person. However, he agreed to pay $200 for sex anyway and went the next day to a location that the undercover officer gave him, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

Crackdown on Internet Crime<\/h2>\n

At the agreed-upon time, Damron showed up in a white Audi where the meeting was to take place near Eastern Avenue and Warm Springs Road, according to news reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cDamron sent a message to the decoy stating he arrived at the meeting location in a white Audi vehicle,\u201d police said. \u201cDamron also sent a photograph of himself to the decoy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police dialed the cellphone number Damron used in texting the officer posing as a 15-year-old girl. A phone started ringing in Damron\u2019s back pocket, police said. The suspect was arrested.<\/p>\n

Damron told police he was not planning on having sex with the teenager. He said the girl brought up the topic of sex, but he turned her down.<\/p>\n

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Damron said he only planned to take the girl ice skating at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on the Strip, according to KLAS-TV<\/em>. He said he had a room at the Cosmopolitan, the television station reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Cosmopolitan towers above the Jockey Club on the west side of the Strip near the Bellagio. During the holiday season, a swimming pool at the Cosmopolitan is converted into an ice skating rink. The resort recently beefed up its in-house security<\/a> in response to a surge in violence on the Strip.<\/p>\n

Damron\u2019s arrest was one of 11 in a police and FBI crackdown on internet crimes against children in the area, according to the Review-Journal<\/em>. Also arrested was Tyler Yost, 29, an assistant principal at Derfelt Elementary School, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

\u2018Cowboy Buckles and Boots\u2019<\/h2>\n

This incident is the second in recent weeks which involved a suspected juvenile sex crime.<\/p>\n

In November, police arrested a 49-year-old man at a small hotel-casino in Las Vegas on suspicion of the sex trafficking of a child<\/a> under age 18.<\/p>\n

The man told the juvenile girl about making money as a prostitute. The girl was told to charge $500 for each sexual encounter. She also was told to look for men wearing \u201ccowboy buckles and boots\u201d as potential good customers, according to published accounts.<\/p>\n

The juvenile was told to make her customers drink a shot of liquor to be sure the person was not an undercover officer, police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 46-year-old man arrested on suspicion of seeking sex with a juvenile told police he just wanted to take the girl ice skating at a casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Christopher Mark Damron, of Oxnard, California, was booked into jail this week. 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