Saudi Air Force sergeant accused of Vegas child rape

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Las Vegas PD via APMazen Alotaibi, 23, faces charges including kidnapping, intercourseual assault with a minor and felony coercion.By The Associated PressA sergeant in Saudi Arabia's air force was jailed in Las Vegas on charges that he pulled a boy into a hotel room and intercourseually assaulted him the morning of New Year's Eve.

Mazen Alotaibi, 23, faces charges including kidnapping, intercourseual assault with a minor and felony coercion that could get him decades in state prison, according to police and charging documents obtained Friday.


Follow @NBCNewsUS  The boy, who is younger than 14, told police the man forced him into a room at the Circus Circus hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and raped him. Police arrested Alotaibi after being called to the hotel before 9:30 a.m. Dec. 31.

"There was a kidnapping and intercourseual assault with force," Las Vegas police Lt. Dan McGrath said. "The victim said he was forced into the room and intercourseually assaulted. We have a strong case based on the evidence."

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