SCOOP: Convicted felon arrested for human trafficking and multiple charges in Spindale
Police say Milo Henderson was arrested today in Rutherford County after eluding the NCSBI
In January detectives with the Spindale Police Department were contacted by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NCSBI) about a wanted fugitive, Milo Henderson, 40, of Rutherfordton. Police said he was wanted in Buncombe County for human trafficking charges.
Today, Spindale Police Department detectives, assisted by the Forest City Police Department and the NCSBI, located Henderson at a residence off of Courtland Street in Spindale. Police said was taken into custody, facing these and other pending charges:
2 Counts of Human Trafficking of an adult
First degree kidnapping
Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury
2 counts of sexual servitude, adult victim
2 counts promoting prostitution
Police said he is currently being held at the Rutherford County Detention Center with no bond.
The Rutherford County Sheriff’s App listed the following details:
Henderson was arrested in June 2023 on related charges in Asheville. Buncombe County Sheriff’s Deputy Chad Walker was arrested then too, for allegedly soliciting a prostitute, police said. He has since been fired. In that incident, the Asheville Police Department told Fox Carolina that multiple suspects were recently charged after agencies investigated a reported human trafficking ring in Asheville. Officers said the situation began when they helped the Cherokee Indian Police Department take a wanted person in the Asheville area into custody.
Henderson is a convicted felon, with a criminal history dating back to 2003, according to state prison records.
January was human trafficking awareness month, as I previously reported.
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