Las Vegas police arrest longtime Nevada lawyer on lewdness charges

Authorities in Las Vegas have arrested a Southern Nevada protection legal professional whose disciplinary report is clouded by suspensions and a felony conviction associated to a playing habit.

An arrest warrant for Douglas Crawford, 67, was issued early Thursday morning, in response to court docket information. He faces 5 counts of open or gross lewdness, the information present, however the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division has not launched additional particulars. 

Crawford, who runs a personal regulation agency in downtown Las Vegas, has been a licensed legal professional in Nevada since September 1985.

In 2007, the State Bar of Nevada quickly barred Crawford from practising regulation after he “misappropriated over $100,000 in shopper funds,” in response to an order of suspension.

“Moreover,” the order reads, “he has tried to stop purchasers from complaining to the state bar.”

Crawford pleaded responsible to 2 felony counts of theft in 2011. Following his conviction, the state bar suspended Crawford for 5 years, citing “quite a few cases” through which he misappropriated funds “to help his playing habit.”

He was reinstated to follow regulation by the Nevada Supreme Court docket in June 2015.

As of Thursday night, Crawford was being held with out bail in reference to the lewdness case at a downtown Las Vegas jail positioned a few half-mile from his regulation workplace. He’s anticipated to look in court docket Tuesday morning.

LVMPD is asking anybody with details about Crawford to contact detectives at 702-828-3251.

Rio Lacanlale is the Las Vegas correspondent for the Reno Gazette Journal and the USA In the present day Community. Contact her at rlacanlale@gannett.com or on Twitter @riolacanlale. Assist native journalism by subscribing to the RGJ at the moment.