Sex Offender Arrested for Rape in Nevada
Last month a 44-year old convicted Tier-2 sex offender was arrested for four counts of sexual assault of a child under 14, domestic violence and for committing the Nevada crime of assault with a deadly weapon. According to police, he allegedly raped his live-in girlfriend's daughter. He's being held at the Washoe County Jail on 1 million dollars bail.
The Nevada crime of assault with a deadly weapon occurs when someone puts someone else in reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm with a deadly weapon or while having a deadly weapon on their person or in their reach. So this crime doesn't require any touching or bodily harm but rather an attempted battery. And the weapon can be any everyday object that's used in a deadly way, such as a smashed bottle or pipe.
The penalties for committing the Nevada crime of assault with a deadly weapon, a category B felony, include one to six years in prison and/or up to $5,000 in fines. Typical defenses include lack of intent, lack of reasonable apprehension, self-defense, consent, and lack of deadly weapon. Common examples of this crime are wielding a knife at someone, pulling a gun on someone, or throwing a brick at someone.
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