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Inmate convicted of attempted sex assault in Clark County dies

Posted at 6:03 PM, Sep 25, 2018
and last updated 2018-09-25 21:03:57-04

An inmate convicted of attempted sexual assault of a minor in Clark County died in a Northern Nevada correctional center this past weekend. 

The Nevada Department of Corrections reports that on Sunday, Sept. 23, around 8:23 p.m., 81-year-old Arsenio Martinez-Lamas died at the Regional Medical Facility inside the Northern Nevada Correctional Center located in Carson City.

Martinez-Lamas was committed from Clark County on July 23, 2015, and was serving a sentence of 8 to 20 years for attempted sexual assault victim under 16 and attempted lewdness with a minor.