20-Year LVMPD Veteran Facing 27 Counts Of Sexual Abuse Of A Minor

LAS VEGAS, NV - A 20-year Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer is in jail and facing a number of charges for alleged sexual assault against a minor. Bret Theil was indicted on the charges Wednesday and was taken into custody the following morning after a lengthy standoff with police.

Theil is currently being held at Clark County Detention Center on six charges of first-degree kidnapping of a minor, five counts of lewdness with a child under the age of 14, six charges of sexual assault against a child under the age of 14, four charges of sexual assault against a child under the age of 16, four more charges of sexual assault, and two charges of child abuse, CCDC records show. He is being held on $1 million bail and will appear in court on Feb. 14.

Theil was hired by LVMPD in August 1998. He is currently relieved of duty without pay and is expected to be fired following an concurrent investigation, an LVMPD public information officer told Patch on Friday.

After the charges were brought against Theil Wednesday, he barricaded himself near Corn Creek and was acting suicidal, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. North Las Vegas Police and the LVMPD SWAT Unit responded to the incident. The standoff ended with Theil being taken into custody around 5:30 a.m., the paper reported.

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