LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A Las Vegas police officer was arrested Thursday for child abuse and domestic violence.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced the arrest of Officer Joseph Ortega in a social media post.
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According to police, Ortega was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on two counts of child abuse/neglect and two counts of domestic assault with use of a deadly weapon.
Ortega has been employed with the department since 2017 and is assigned to the West Community Policing Division of the Northwest Area Command.
Metro officials say he would be placed on suspension of police powers without pay.
