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Man accused of sexually abusing at least 3 girls in Las Vegas Valley

Updated May 8, 2020 - 8:55 am

A man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing children over a span of five years in the Las Vegas Valley.

Granville Coleman, 38, is accused of 20 felonies, including numerous counts of lewdness with a child, sex assault of a victim under 14, kidnapping and child abuse, Las Vegas Justice Court records show.

Las Vegas police detectives were contacted in March after Henderson officers learned that a girl told a counselor she had been sexually abused from ages 5 to 11 and that two other children also were victims, an arrest report for Coleman states. She identified Coleman as the assailant.

Police asked the girl how she knew that Coleman had abused the other two victims and she said “on one of the incidents Granville had all three girls present in the bedroom when he sexually abused them,” an arrest report states.

The other girls were interviewed and told police of extensive sexual abuse by Coleman when they were children from 2014 to 2019, according to the arrest report.

A criminal complaint in the case has not been filed. Justice Court records show a status check on the filing of a criminal complaint is scheduled for Monday.

Contact Glenn Puit by email at gpuit@reviewjournal.com. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter.

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