Prelim set Friday for man in alleged attempt to lure child

A preliminary hearing is set for Friday for a Carson City man who allegedly offered a 12-year-old boy money to perform a sex act on camera.

Micah David LeVal, 23, was arrested in November on suspicion of attempted use of a minor in the production of pornography.

According to the police report, LeVal was friends with the victim's father and in December 2006 offered the child $500 to get naked and masturbate while LeVal recorded it on his cell phone.

The child told an investigator that LeVal said "he would sell the movie on the Internet and they would make a lot of money off it."

The child told police he didn't tell his father because he was "afraid that his dad would go to jail for killing Micah."

When the boy finally did tell his father in March, the father took him and reported the allegations to police. LeVal declined to be interviewed by investigators.

On Oct. 31, a felony warrant was issued for LeVal's arrest, and a criminal complaint against LeVal on the attempted enticement charge was filed in Carson City Justice Court. He was arrested after an officer pulled him over for expired tags on his vehicle.