Tatoo artist’s plea bargain ends sex case

Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1998 | 10:57 a.m.

A Las Vegas tattoo artist has admitted to sexual misconduct involving two customers to escape the possibility of a life prison sentence.

One of his victims was a 15-year-old girl who was getting a tattoo on her stomach.

James Tubbs pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor lewdness charge on Tuesday in the plea bargain that ended the case that had been scheduled to go to trial on Monday. The single charge covers both victims.

He will now face a maximum sentence of a year in jail when he is sentenced on Dec. 1 by District Judge Jeff Sobel.

Tubbs, who worked at the Pair-A-Dice Tattoo Parlor at 304 E. Sahara Ave., was indicted by a Clark County Grand Jury after the teenager and another woman complained that Tubbs fondled them while in the midst of their tattoo processes.

Tubbs originally was charged with sexual assault, which carries a life prison sentence and no chance for probation, and attempted sexual assault.

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