Crime & Safety
Las Vegas Fire Captain Charged With Sex With Child
Richard Loughry allegedly had sex with the child at the firehouse.

A fire captain with the Las Vegas Fire Department is under arrest, being held on a variety of charges related to sex with a child. Richard Loughry, who has been with the department since 1997, is being held without bail.
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Loughry is charged with soliciting or engaging in child prostitution, statutory sex seduction, and lewdness with a child under 14.
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The Review-Journal, which first reported the arrest, quoted the lawyer for the victim saying that Loughry had responded to an online advertisement about six weeks ago and had sex with her inside his dorm at the fire station.
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