A multi-agency operation targeting online child sex predators led to 15 arrests on April 6-7, 2023.

The two-day Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) joint operation included detectives and agents from the ICAC Task Force and FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, to include the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Henderson Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, US Air Force Office of Special Investigation, Nevada Attorney General and the North Las Vegas Police Department participated in organizing and conducting the operation out of North Las Vegas. Undercover agents posed as juveniles online. After being solicited for sex by the adult suspects, a meeting was set up and the suspects were taken into custody.

Those arrested were Nathan Foreman, 41; Cesar Martinez, 30; Ravinder Randhawa, 32; Luis Douglas, 29; Devin Fox, 24; Dimitar Kolev, 22; Patrick Summary, 35; Angel De Jesus Padilla-Garcia, 29; James Hernandez, 56; Dion York, 26; Oliver Bulong, 25, Kristopher Gamarro, 22; Joseph Soto, 30; Jonah Labang, 21; and Johnathon Brown, 37. They were booked into the North Las Vegas Community Correctional Center for Luring a Minor with a Computer to Engage in Sex.

The LVMPD would like to remind parents to discuss with their children the dangers of online chats with strangers. Parents are encouraged to routinely monitor their children’s activity on social media and other online applications to prevent them from becoming victims of a child sex predator. This operation was conducted as part of the ongoing efforts to reduce violent crime and protect children in our community.