Overview

• Judge Barbara Schifalacqua denied an oral request to waive Tom Artiom Alexandrovich’s appearance after he failed to attend his Aug. 27 felony arraignment in Henderson, Nevada.
• The court reset the arraignment for Sept. 3 via Zoom, and the judge warned she may add release conditions such as restricting contact with minors and use of social media or dating platforms.
• Alexandrovich was arrested Aug. 6 in a multi-week Nevada and federal sting and is charged with using a computer to lure a minor, with police saying a decoy posed as a 15-year-old girl.
• He posted a $10,000 bond and returned to Israel, a move Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson called standard practice as critics faulted the lack of passport surrender.
• The State Department said he did not claim diplomatic immunity or receive U.S. government intervention, and his lawyers said he will appear by Zoom and contest the case in court.