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Published Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 | 12:10 p.m.
Updated Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 | 7:12 p.m.
Johnnie Jordan
North Las Vegas Police arrested the 40-year-old bailiff of former Judge Elizabeth Halverson on Sunday morning, accusing him of having sex with a 14-year-old girl.
Police received a report of a sexual assault and lewdness with a minor at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Johnnie Jordan, of Las Vegas, was arrested in connection with the assault at 2:15 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of West Sahara Avenue.
Police say Jordan allegedly assaulted the girl in her home in North Las Vegas. Jordan was a friend of the alleged victim’s family, authorities said.
He is being held at the North Las Vegas Detention Center on two counts of sexual assault and two counts of lewdness with a minor under the age of 16.
Halverson had removed Jordan and brought in two individuals who were unlicensed to serve as bodyguards. The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline found there was no reason for Halverson to hire two men when all the other judges in the district only had a bailiff.
Halverson mistreated her staff, berated them with foul language and required her bailiff to massage her feet, neck and shoulders. The commission issued an order in November 2008 that permanently removed Halverson from the bench.
Halverson was suspended from the bench in July 2007. She lost a recent bid for re-election in the August primary election.
She faced a disciplinary hearing in August 2008 on charges of misconduct. After two weeks of hearings in August, the commission heard a dozen complaints, including that the judge was accused of sleeping on the bench and treating her staff like servants.
Police said anyone with information about the sex assault the case is being asked to call Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.
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Hey johnnie if you make bail come break in my house so I can put a .45 through your skull you pervert.
Yes, caught the guy but no we (being tax payers) have to pay for the scum to be locked up. We should revert the laws to eye for an eye. Then ... ... .... off.
and we wonder why nobody wants to bring any real jobs to las vegas.
too much scum and garbage in this valley.
this guy...if found guilty...should be killed. period.
but instead, we'll have MORE money taken out of our paychecks so HE can get food and a place to sleep at night.
thanks, liberals.
so he was charged with sexual assualt.So does that mean she was a willing pertencepent.There is alot of 14 year olds who think there grown so it makes you think if he was so much of a monster instead of a pervert (witch is what I would call him)why is he not charged with rape and breaking and entering?I know why I bet you any kind of money that 14 year old is probley allready having sex with all the boys in the neborhood.......
I like how the SUN forgets to mention that this creep is the EX-JUDGE Halverson's bailiff....
Even if she is having sex there is NO excuse for a 40 year old man to be having sex with a 14 year old. She's 14 you idiot! Tell us what you think when it is your 14 year old daughter.
i love the liberal logic of "well, he should be forgiven because SHE probably has sex anyway".
look, this was ASSAULT and he broke the law.
period.
Ex-Bailiff for Ex-Judge Halverson Arrested! The whole story at http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story....
IF IT WAS MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER I WOULD BEAT HER ASS SOMETHING SOME OF YOU DUMB PARENTS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DO.TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR DAMB KIDS AND YOU WOULDENT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT UR DAUGHTER HAVEING SEX WITH A GROWN ASS MAN!LIKE I SAID THERE IS A DIFFRENCE BETWEEN RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSUALT RAPE IS FORCED SEXUAL ASSUALT IS SOMETHING HE DIDENT HAVE NO BIZZNESS DOING.
and as for vegasstudent, how about asking the parents if they ever taught, there daughter what to do if a older man trys to take avange of her.The mother is probley a slut witch is how most girls turn into sluts by watching there mnother.How manny kids are growing up in abusve households at the hands of there mother boyfriends.Perfect exsample I have a cousin who I now disown because he went to prison for the same thing as what this guy is going to go down for.My cousin was messing with some lady she had a daughter who was 13 he stared messing with her left the mom alone and started picking up the daughter takeing her out and sleeping with her the mom found out called the police he went to jail..morel of the story is yea he was wrong but at the same time the girl knew what she was doing also she was allready running the streets partying........
OH WHERE'S KILLERB TO TELL US THAT THIS IS REALLY OK!!!!!!
Stupid, that is all I can say. He will be getting plenty of sex in jail.
The report says "Accused of" which means an allegation is made now a court will hear Evidence. YOU PEOPLE WHO RUSH TO JUDGMENT, destory the AMERICAN JUSTICE procedures... especially in cases where the accused is a "minority".
YOU SHOULD NOT Call yourself -American - because the correct AMERICAN WAY is to hear his defense, her statement-her allegation and the evidence then decide.
Many girls 14-16 LIE about sexual assult to hide or cover their own mis-doings! ONT GET MAD AT ME for saying it ladies - we all remember being 14 yr old girls , i once stayed out too late was so scared my parents would ground me, i considered telling a lie saying i was raped so they;d feel sorry for me. but i didn't have too do it because my parents had been out themselves and thought i was home hehehe
Girls LIE! MEN LIE TOO. Lets wait and hear all the details.
Elvis Dated (banged?) Pricila when she was 14 and he was over 22 but America thought it was cute. Jerry Lee Lewis MARRIED a 12 yr old and still went on to sell 1 million+ reocrds, Roman Polanski bagged a 13yr old and America wants to give him "a pass". lets hear the details of this becoz'- she may have been a hooker, the LVMPD tell us the average age of them is 13.
tysuave77, yo, yo, yo, under Nevada's law Sexual Assault IS Rape. Straight up homie. There is no charge of Rape in Nevada fool. There are gradations to the penalties, such as Sexual assault of a minor under 14, but, you fool, the CHARGE is Sexaul Assault.
You have been edumacated homey. Now keeps it in youse pants so you not be blamin no child for what you be doin. You feel me? For real, what up.
Peace. Out.
KOM674 -- waiting for you to say something really buffoonish so I may taunt you a third time.
Tysuave, are you a product of the school system that ranks last in the nation? Actually I can't believe that you even have a computer,it does have spell check ,I suggest you use it sometime,maybe one of your caucasion friends can show you.
You misspelled "caucasian".
whether you use hamburger or johndeaux or any other moniker, lady you are pethetic. calling out every person and everything associated with the legal community that daily flashes past your narrowest of minds would otherwise be noble if your position wasn't taken from behind a tree coward. if you're so smart (elite) then stand behind your views and publish a column so that your targets have a legitimite forum to respond in. and you can use it to reveal all of your worldly accompishments. but being a coward is minimally despicable compared to the racist character you reveal in your comment to tysuave77. tysuave77 is perhaps less educated but you are truly ignorant.
@why shoild I use spell check when I got people like you who can correct me thx teacher!!!anyway's back to the topic..@hell_on_heels that's the point I was trying to make.And anyone who lives in the real world has know a girl to mess with a older man..I seen it all through oout high school matter fact it seemed like the fine girls who had nice bodies dated men who were out of school.....
Looks like Halverson was right in getting rid of this scum.
Whatever the case we need to hear more details of what this case is all about......
ty you are exactly right. look at the first few comments, all premised upon a report that a jury found the guy guilty versus what the story really indicates --- "Police received a report of a sexual assault and lewdness with a minor." Great. Someone reads that police receive a report of a crime and respond by desiring to shoot a human in the head. How many of the first five or so commentors, if ever falsely accused, do you think, would respond by saying please do not allow me a defense attorney to assit with my side of the story, I just want to have my eye poked out because it makes sense now that I was accused. it could happen you know, because it's evident that these same people are incapable of and much less have never broken any law.
Ironic that some posts decry the alleged behavior of the accused when the last thing Las Vegas stands for is sexual propriety. The outrage seems more like a smokescreen to deflect attention away from your own secret desires. Inner conflict about what is right, and, what is desired often gives way to bursts of anger and approbation.
He complained because he did not like massaging Judge Halverson's fat feet...lol now he is going to be massaging Bubba's feet and some other things...
The general tenor of the comments here explain why it's so difficult for individuals accused of sexual assault of juveniles to obtain a fair and unbiased trial in Clark County. For those who might say "So what?" I can only answer that the Constitution's protections must apply to those society despises the most or they will be ineffective to protect any of us.
Tysuave,
I hope the Greenspun family turns over your user I.D to the Henderson PD (who will do nothing but stalk you) so you can be the next perv caught.
Its so obvious that you like teenaged girls. You probably think they like you too. But even a 13 year old knows and uneducated idiot when she sees one.
Do us all a favor and have your next teen victim proofread your posts... so we don't have to be subjected to your dumb, 3rd grade level writing anymore.
Tysuave, I hope the Greenspun family turns over your user I.D to the Henderson PD (who will do nothing but stalk you) so you can be the next perv caught.
Its so obvious that you like teenaged girls. You probably think they like you too. But even a 13 year old knows an uneducated idiot when she sees one.
Do us all a favor and have your next teen victim proofread your posts... so we don't have to be subjected to your dumb, 3rd grade level writing anymore.
PS...Tysuave,
Hey, Maybe LasVegasLawyerGal can represent you? Probono? She seems to be a bright lady. Bet she feels real good about her education and ten hour days when she goes home at night so she can defend scumbags like Jordan. Hmmm, she probably feels so good about upholding American Justice, she couldn't even THINK about making a quick buck off her belief system. Sorta like a Priest or Rabbi. You should definately hit her up when you get caught.
Gosh, wish I could have such a rewarding job and moral belief system... all in the name of Justice. You're both heroes.
sorry to bust you dumb people bubbles but i'm happy with my girl ive been with for the past 12 years i'm 31 she's 29.you people are so dumb to things that really go on in the world not from what you people read in the news papper.I'm from the streets so I know first hand what goes on in all aspeacts.You see I live in the real world I'm not scared to go out of my house.And as long as you people stay niave you would never no what your kids are getting into are involed with thses day's..I do not agree with a older person doing anything with a younger person other then teaching them about what goes on in the real world and how to prepare them on how to deal with sittautions.When I was young i dated older women does that mean? I was abused no I knew what i was doing,and I thought I was grown..
"North Las Vegas Police arrested...Johnnie Jordan...in the 200 block of West Sahara Avenue".
Isn't this LVMPD jurisdiction? Did LVMPD refuse to make the arrest?
Sheriff Gillespie has a policy of protecting his own. Sheriff Gillespie refuses to take reports, investigate, or even mitigate damages under NRS 199 Crimes Against Public Justice.
We are victims of LVMPD refusing to take reports of child abuse. As a result, Clark County children's murders were up 300% 2009 over 2008.
For those of you who stand for "innocent until proven guilty" I thank you.
The rest of you should be ashamed. No wonder our country is in the mess it's in.
nonewz, LVLawyerGal, geezelouise -- now you know how lynch mobs do it. It's one reason I call 'em "the herd."
"...how little does the common herd know of the nature of right and truth." - Socrates in Plato's "Euthyphro" (399 B.C.E.?)
RE: TYSUAVE77, anyone who is critical of his post/spelling etc.
perhaps you should read your child's emails/text msgs' My kids are 100% white bread, yet they spell words like luv, w8, lol,rili,przdint' etc
THAT'S the Phonics generation way.
TYSUAVE77 at 31 is of said Generation, he is actually ahead of us in this sense.
Our proper-spelling-grammatically correct generation is a dying breed. so dont lambast him because YOU cant "gt wit da progrm" its the new thing - it began with the dumbing down of american kids - which YOU (parents_ helped usher in when you went to work, sat them in front of the boob toob and refused to teach your own.
-HamiltonBurger - had it not been for your improper use of outdated "slang" (u should've added *jive turkey? you racist jerk!)
Tysuave,
Does your girlfriend have a teen aged daughter? Ha. Lol
If not, Hell on wheels girlfriend might have one that he can photo swap with you.
For all the Jordan defenders, sex crimes require DNA evidence before an arrest can be made. Maybe an episode of CSI will help you understand?
Jordan had sex with a 14 year old girl. Consensual or not, he broke the law. And, yes, after a fair trial he MAY be found not guilty, given his contacts in the local legal community .. If he doesn't plead guilty. I'm sure when LasVegasLawyerGal takes his case for Free, she will be able to explain to Jordan how to plea bargain.
The evidence is there. The man had sex with a minor.
Period.
But keep defending Jordan if you must. Your defensive remarks probably have little to do with Jordan and more to do with your own conscience.
one other thing hamilton burger johndeaux, you can do yourself a favor and refrain from viewing all men with enmmity bacuase they have what you lack which along with your racist feelings came shining through in your message to tysuave. "just my opinion"
Hey Johnny:What is going on here? You were charged with 2 counts of sexual assault and 2 counts of lewdness with a minor under the age of 16. What is the matter with you? Do you not have any kind of common decency at all? Or did you flush it down the commode along time ago? You had absolutely positively NO RIGHT AT ALL in engaging in illicit sex with a 14 yr.old girl. That poor girl is going to be completely traumatized for the rest of her life as a direct result of your actions. Or doesn't that seem to bother you? Well it very well should!! You completely took advantage of this poor girl sexually as well as physically and mentally. This poor girl is going to have to undergo counseling sessions as a direct result of the savagery that you have put her through. And she will have recurring nightmares as a direct result of your most despicable acts. This poor girl will be so completely traumatized to the point where she won't be able to go to school or integrate with other people. She will be so emotionally traumatized to the point where she doesn't want to leave her own home. This poor girl will start living in complete fear as a direct result of your most savage and barbarous acts. This poor girl will have to live with this most devastating nightmare after the pain and anguish you have put her through. Don't you have any shame at all Johnny? Don't you have any kind of remorse at all for what you have done? If you don't,then you just better start getting some!! What you did to that poor girl was very unconscionable to say the least. And your actions were very inexplicable in every sense of the word. You are nothing more than a sick depraved animal in every sense of the word. And even an animal would have much better respect for a fellow human than what you have. You are lower than a rattlesnake. And even a rattlesnake would not be as abhorrent and as detestable as what you are. What you did was commit statutory rape against this poor child. Rape is the forcible violation of the sexual intimacy of another person. It does injury to justice and charity. Rape deeply wounds the respect,freedom,and physically and moral integrity to which every person has a right. It causes grave damage that can mark the victim for life. It is always an intrinsically evil act. Graver still is the rape of children committed by parents(incest)or those responsible for the education of the children entrusted to them. Do you thoroughly enjoy sticking your hands inside of little girls pants? Does it excite you? Does it totally titillate you? If you are really into little girls underwear then you should apply for a job in the childrens department at either Sears or JC Penney's.
@mvoisinet- Now see this is the very reason why we need to hear the details of the case,and the reason why I say that is because once again allthough there is no excuse for a grown a** man to have any kind of sex with a girl that young. what if she thought, he was her boyfriend and they were keeping it a secret,the mom may have found out and called the police.If that's the case then is she still a victim?Or just a victim of bad parenting.If he raped her then he is in the same class as a child molister and needs to be treated as such.I say there is a reason why we havent gotten any real details of the case yet maybe because the police dept dosnet want to be emberssed.Just think isent it taking a little to long for the press to even get a copy of the police report?
You know what just in case some of you who tend to think with a narrow mind who are allway's quick to judge with out takeing a look at the other side of the story. I'm just playing the devil's advocate here. why because I was once young and I still can remember some of the things we did, and I say we because starting from middle school if you was trying to fit in with the in crowd then it was all about who was the coolest and what made you cool, sleeping with the most girls is what. and the older the better why because not everone can do that.You see from a early age we are taught in this world that the only thing that matters is what we have,So if a older man provides things that your parents cant provide you tend to give in,In order to get what you want.So that's why sometimes a younger girl will fall victim to the promeses of a older man.and that's one of the reason's why, I place more blame on the parent's then the child because as a parent you have to teach your child how to handle things that may come there way.One thing I learned as a wanna be player is the hardest ones to get was the ones who had parents who took the time out to teach them about the games men play....
This Johnnie has been violating the law with every step of his relationship with this young girl. From the moment he began doing nice things to her for his ulterior motives. He step-by-stepped his way to his goal, knew exactly what he was doing, took advantage of a child to have sex and for that he should and will be punished.
Obviously innocent until proven guilty, and I agree that younger girls who mature quickly physically end up being hit on by older guys.
BUT!!
Assuming the allegation is true, this man KNEW she was 14 and was a friend of their family...
Just remember, all of the above comments (good or bad) does not change what happened. That makes me think...
Adults should not sleep with 14 years old.
Neither a newspaper article, nor an arrest are predicates for guilt.
Those clamoring for this man's head would surely protest if someone made a false accusation against them resulting in their immediate sentencing.
Let's say you had a dispute with your neighbor over...maybe your guests parking in front of their driveway. Do we really want to advocate a system that would allow your neighbor to say he heard you beating your wife, which would result in your immediate imprisonment without a trial. This is why we have a system where you must prove someone's guilt before punishing them. It is called the Constitution. If you don't like it I've heard the People's Republic of China is accepting immigrants who speak English.
"so he was charged with sexual assualt.So does that mean she was a willing pertencepent.There is alot of 14 year olds who think there grown so it makes you think if he was so much of a monster instead of a pervert (witch is what I would call him)why is he not charged with rape and breaking and entering?I know why I bet you any kind of money that 14 year old is probley allready having sex with all the boys in the neborhood......."
You are just as sick as he is!!
PS Pertencepent - "participant"
witch - "which"
probley - "probably"
allready - "already"
neborhood - "neighborhood"
Perhaps a product of CC school system?
"You see I live in the real world I'm not scared to go out of my house."
Since you are not afraid to go out of your house, then why don't you go and take some courses in the English language such as spelling, grammar, punctuation. NO ONE in this day and age should be that illiterate when it comes to writing English. Even people who have English as a second language can write and spell better than you.
"TYSUAVE77 at 31 is of said Generation, he is actually ahead of us in this sense.
Our proper-spelling-grammatically correct generation is a dying breed. so dont lambast him because YOU cant "gt wit da progrm" its the new thing - it began with the dumbing down of american kids - which YOU (parents_ helped usher in when you went to work, sat them in front of the boob toob and refused to teach your own"
Sorry, hell-on-wheels, but Tysuave is TOO old to be in the text generation. There was no texting when he was a teenager 15+ years ago. My guess the guy is also unemployed, as is his girlfriend. How could you possibly get a job with that kind of grammar and spelling?
All one needs to do these days is go to the mall to see how these young girls have developed at a much earlier age. They sure didn't look like this when I was 13, & no I don't have any desire to have sex with them. The point I'm trying to make is that it seems like the trend is to look and dress kinda slutty these days. She may very well have been a willing participant & he might have thought he could get away with it, so I have something that might shock you.
A couple years ago a friend of mine told me a story about a lady he was dating. She had a daughter about this same age. He told me that his G/F asked him if he would have sex with her then virgin daughter. She wanted the daughter to experience sex for the first time with someone who would be gentle with her & not some boy in the back seat of a car. Freaked him out. He said that he'd think about it then never saw her again. This is a strange world sometimes.
On another subject, when my wife passed away it took me a while to think about dating. When I did, I met someone who shared intimate things with me, which I've found pretty common. Her father used to sneak into her room at night & have sex with her, mom didn't believe her. This went on for quite some time, into her teens.
As I learned later on, this created something like a love/hate feeling for men which turned out to be me & it was horrible. I could not have imagined some of the stuff she pulled. After being victimized myself I ended up moving about 300 miles away. The world gets crazier all the time.
let's see If i'm unemployed me and my women,But we have a coumpter direct tv a house two cars working on the 3 one by the way.tv in every room Something must be going good.Right your probley the type of person that thinks every black person steals,you undercover racist.oh yea and thanks for the spell check.Maybe I'll come find when I need your help when I post on some of the other sites I goto!
The girl said the assault happened at 2:15 a.m. but the report wasn't made until 6:30 p.m. That is a 16 hour difference. If I was raped at MY HOME, the report would have been made ASAP. Probably on the way to the hospital to get a rape kit started.
Either way it goes 16 and under there is no such thing as consensual sex period...unless you live in a different country. So IF he did do it, he knows the law, hell, he worked as the bailiff, he's heard plenty of criminal cases.
As for her, I can't pass judgment because I don't know her. I will say that my mother always taught me to "stay outta men faces" as in a young girl should not be too friendly to a grown man, no matter the relationship.