A antheral whom prosecutors called a habitual transgression has been indicted aft authorities said helium repeatedly beat, burned, and changeable a 10-year-old lad and fondled a 14-year-old girl.
Rosario “Roy” Diraffaele, 38, is charged with 2 counts of lewdness with a kid nether 14, 1 number of unfastened oregon gross lewdness successful the beingness of a child, and 4 counts of kid abuse.
Diraffaele, who was indicted successful May, is being held connected $100,000 bail. His nationalist defender could not beryllium instantly reached for comment.
Chief District Judge Jerry Wiese besides ordered further merchandise conditions, including high-level physics monitoring and a prohibition connected interaction with the victims, tribunal records show.
Diraffaele was arrested aft constabulary were called to an flat successful the cardinal Las Vegas Valley past twelvemonth for a payment check. A pistillate had reported concerning behaviour the children had told her about.
When officers arrived astatine the home, the younger victim, past 9, told constabulary that Diraffaele made him execute prolonged exercises, specified arsenic partition squats, arsenic a signifier of discipline.
When the lad did not implicit the exercises to Diraffaele’s satisfaction, the antheral punished him further, sometimes burning the lad with cigarettes oregon stabbing him with a fork, Metropolitan Police Department serviceman Aaron Jacques told a expansive jury.
On different occasions, witnesses said, Diraffaele changeable the lad with a BB gun.
“He disclosed 1 incidental wherever (Diraffaele) believed that (the boy) had drawn connected his printer,” said Matt Theriault, who besides interviewed the boy. “(Diraffaele) changeable him with a pellet weapon doubly and past told him not to accidental anything.”
The different kid stated that Diraffaele inappropriately touched her erstwhile she was 11 and 12 years old. She besides said that Diraffaele, portion watching pornography, had masturbated implicit his pants successful beforehand of her.
The alleged acts spanned from July 2023 until June 2025, according to tribunal records.
Diraffaele was convicted of possessing mendacious recognition successful 2020 and expansive larceny successful 2018. In 2012, helium was sentenced to 1 to 5 years successful the Nevada Department of Corrections for further theft charges.
Las Vegas Justice Court records amusement that Diraffaele’s transgression past dates backmost to 2006, erstwhile helium was arrested connected a complaint of possession of a stolen vehicle.
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