A judge ordered $150,000 bail Thursday for a Las Vegas police officer accused of kidnapping, pointing a gun at and strangling his wife.

Philippe Dinh, 31, faces charges of second-degree kidnapping, coercion constituting domestic violence, battery constituting domestic violence by strangulation and assault with a deadly weapon constituting domestic violence.

The victim listed for each charge is Dinh’s wife, who works at the Metropolitan Police Department’s crime scene analyst lab, according to an arrest report.

Metro said a person with the name of Dinh’s wife is a senior crime scene analyst. The department has said Dinh was placed on paid administrative leave. Dinh, a Metro employee since 2021, was one of three officers who fatally shot a knife-wielding man in 2023.

The charges against

See Full Page