LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Clark County Faculty District worker allegedly drove to a Las Vegas park to satisfy with a boy he thought was 13 years previous, paperwork stated.
Shawn Carter, who works as an emergency administration coordinator for the college district, faces a cost of luring a baby or mentally unwell individual with a pc for intercourse, data stated.
Carter’s identify was included in an inventory of Metro police arrests as a part of an undercover operation from December.
That month, an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old, chatted with an individual police recognized as Carter on the LGBTQ+ courting app Grindr, paperwork stated. The decoy profile first listed the individual’s age as 19. The dialog then moved to textual content message the place the decoy stated he was 13.
Police stated the dialog then turned “sexual in nature” with Carter agreeing to satisfy the decoy for “sexual contact,” paperwork stated. The dialog occurred whereas Carter was “running a weapons detection machine” for a basketball recreation.
Carter then agreed to satisfy the decoy at a Summerlin park. Officers then took Carter into custody within the car parking zone. Throughout an interview with police, Carter stated he didn’t intend to comply with by.
“Carter said that he would not have sex with a 13-year-old, as he works with kids in the school system,” police stated.
Court docket data additionally determine Carter as a CCSD worker. He posted a surety bond and was scheduled to look in court docket in March.
Carter’s identify remained on the district’s web site as of Thursday. A district spokesperson stated an worker with the identical identify was “assigned to home.”
