Probable cause documents between former Reno PD deputy chief Tom Robinson, 52, and an undercover detective posing as a 17-year-old girl show they had lengthy back and forths over two days before he went to a west Reno home after arranging to have sex with her.
Investigators say the connection was made on the website called Skip the Games, where escort services and "adult providers" including in Reno are offered. He allegedly asked the price for a “full service incall” which usually means 15 minutes of sex, with what was initially advertised as a 19-year-old woman.
“I’m younger than my advertisement says. I don’t want you to be mad if you come see me,” the detective wrote at one point, after which the exchange in our visual above left ensued.
In other parts of the exchange, the detective said she was from “sac” before the texting resumed with the meeting set up at the residential property, with Robinson asked to send a selfie from his vehicle holding up two fingers for confirmation.
He allegedly arrived there in a white Chevy pickup truck and knocked on the home’s door with enough money in his back pockets to pay for the arranged $150, when he was detained.
At one point during the arrest he said he was getting divorced. He was booked that day October 16th on charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution and child neglect.
Robinson’s arraignment has been scheduled for October 27th after he was granted a $30,000 bail with a 10 percent bondable cash option. The sting operation led to the arrest of 12 other people.
Robinson had recently retired from the Reno Police Department in January 2024 after nearly three decades with RPD.