Las Vegas Sun

April 20, 2024

Melvyn Perry Sprowson Jr. listens to Chief Deputy District Attorney Jacqueline Bloth make arguments during his habeus corpus hearing Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Clark County District Court. Sprowson, then 45, was arrested in 2013 after police found a runaway high school girl in his apartment. The pair met via Craigslist and started a relationship that turned sexual, authorities said. Sprowson is contesting charges filed against him.

L.E. Baskow

Melvyn Perry Sprowson Jr. listens to Chief Deputy District Attorney Jacqueline Bloth make arguments during his habeus corpus hearing Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Clark County District Court. Sprowson, then 45, was arrested in 2013 after police found a runaway high school girl in his apartment. The pair met via Craigslist and started a relationship that turned sexual, authorities said. Sprowson is contesting charges filed against him.