A Clark County special education teacher who worked with students with autism has been in custody for two weeks after his arrest on multiple child sex charges, according to court filings and school officials. He was taken into custody by the Boulder City Police Department and is being held at the Clark County Detention Center, with bail set at $75,000. A preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for June 16, 2026.
Charges and court schedule
Court records list the charges as statutory sexual seduction by a person over the age of 21, sexual assault against a child under 16, lewdness with a child 14 or 15 by someone over 18, and two counts of child neglect or abuse, as reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The case was filed in Boulder City, and the defendant was arraigned there, with bail set at $75,000. Prosecutors have set a preliminary hearing for June 16, 2026, according to the court calendar cited by the paper.
District response and campus access
In a message to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Cimarron-Memorial High School said "the allegations do not involve any students on our campus." District spokesman Colin McNaught told the paper that "an employee assigned to our school was arrested on charges related to sexual assault against a minor" and confirmed that the staffer will not be allowed on the high school campus while the matter is under investigation. The district said it is cooperating with law enforcement and offered no additional personnel details.
Teacher's background
The man named in court filings is Douglas G. Trinkle, who is listed on Cimarron-Memorial's online staff directory as an autism specialist and special education teacher, according to the school's website (Cimarron-Memorial). State personnel records reviewed by reporters show he has worked for the Clark County School District since 2012. Trinkle also received national recognition in 2016 from the National Association of Special Education Teachers, according to local coverage at the time (VegasInc).
What the charges mean under Nevada law
Nevada statutes treat the offenses Trinkle is accused of as serious sexual crimes. Statutory sexual seduction is codified at NRS 200.368 (Nevada Legislature), which addresses sexual activity with 14- or 15-year-old victims. Lewdness with a minor and related offenses are addressed under statutes such as NRS 201.230 (Shouse Law) and can carry felony penalties and long-term registration requirements. Those provisions help explain why prosecutors typically pursue charges of this type aggressively.
What happens next
The defendant remains in custody and is due back in court for the June 16 preliminary hearing. The matter will proceed through the local court process in Clark County if prosecutors move the case forward. Boulder City police and the school district say they are cooperating with investigators, and authorities have asked anyone with information to contact law enforcement. Court filings and public records will continue to shed light on the case as it progresses.
