Michael Vaughn Stokes arrested in Pahrump March 4 on aggravated-assault, drug charges

Michael Vaughn Stokes, 40, was booked into the Nye County jail in Pahrump on March 4 on charges listed as aggravated assault, drug offenses and other unspecified counts, according to a Nye County public booking entry that shows booking ID 10126563 and records the arresting agency as "TXNUECESSO."

The public booking entry identifies Stokes as a 40-year-old white male and includes the partial intake line "Stokes was booked into the Nye County" with no further narrative in that field. The entry prints the exact booking identifier 10126563, which appears alongside the demographic information in the county record.

Charges in the entry are recorded in broad categories: aggravated assault, drug and other charges. The booking information does not enumerate statutory citations, counts, alleged dates of offense, victim names or bond amounts; the record provided to this newsroom contains only the grouping of offenses under those headings.

The arresting agency field is shown precisely as "TXNUECESSO" in the public entry. That string appears in the arresting-agency slot of the booking record and is not expanded with an agency name, badge number or contact information in the booking entry as released.

The booking record for Michael Vaughn Stokes carries identifying information that can be used to track subsequent court activity. The full name Michael Vaughn Stokes and booking ID 10126563 are attached to the March 4 booking, and Nye County court records and the Nye County Detention Center roster are the next public records that would typically reflect arraignment dates, case numbers and any bond or custody status changes.

A public-records post republished by The People-Sentinel underscores the standard legal presumption applicable to arrests: "All persons named are presumed innocent until their cases are determined in a court of law." The current booking entry documents an arrest in Pahrump on March 4 and broad categories of alleged offenses; formal charging documents and court filings will provide the specific allegations, counts and scheduled court appearances.