Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 | 9:57 a.m.
Tyquie Triplett
UPDATED STORY: Police: Teen charged in sex assault threatened to kill
Metro Police said today that a 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult in a sexual assault case.
Tyquie Triplett was charged with four counts of sexual assault and one count of first-degree kidnapping, police said.
Triplett was arrested Aug. 5 after he accosted a woman at a bus stop on the west side of the Las Vegas Valley, police said. He forced the woman into an abandoned house and allegedly committed the crimes, police said.
Anyone with information about this crime or any other criminal activity Triplett might have been involved in is encouraged to call the Sexual Assault Section at (702) 828-3421. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Secret Witness or Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.
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