Carson City man accused of sex crimes against children captured outside Las Vegas in multi-agency operation
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Investigations Division Special Enforcement Team has arrested Francisco Javier Canales-Ruiz during a fugitive apprehension operation in Henderson, Nevada on December 13th, 2021.
Canales-Ruiz was wanted in connection with a sexual assault investigation involving children and was arrested for a felony warrant on the following charges:
Sexual Assault on a Child Under 14 Years Old (4 counts)
Lewdness Upon a Child Under 14 Years Old (5 counts)
Sexually Motivated Kidnapping in the First Degree (2 counts)
Child Abuse (2 counts)
Canales-Ruiz was arrested by the Special Enforcement Team, with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Northern Nevada Safe Streets Task Force, Southern Nevada Criminal Apprehension Team, and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department: Sexual Offender Apprehension Detail.
He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center and later extradited to Carson City. Canales-Ruiz is being held on $500,000 bond.