NKY attorney indicted, charged with rape, human trafficking, numerous sex crimes
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BURLINGTON, Ky. (WKRC) - A Kenton County grand jury has indicted a 50-year-old Northern Kentucky Attorney for "numerous sex crimes including rape and human trafficking," according to KY Attorney General Andy Beshear.
Robert L. Poole of Burlington was indicted on November 15th on 15 counts. They are as follows:
two counts of human trafficking of a minor for commercial sexual activity, Class B felonies;
one count of unlawful transaction with a minor under 16 for illegal sexual activity, Class B felony;
two counts of unlawful transaction with a minor under 18 for illegal sexual activity, Class C felonies;three counts of human trafficking of an adult for commercial sexual activity, Class C felonies;
five counts of complicity to human trafficking of an adult for commercial sexual activity, Class C felonies;
one count of third-degree Rape, a Class D felony, and
one count of bribing a witness, a Class D felony
Poole was arrested by the Erlanger Police Department on Friday November 16th and is in the Kenton county Detention Center on a $100,000 cash bond.BURLINGTON, Ky. (WKRC) - A Kenton County grand jury has indicted a 50-year-old Northern Kentucky Attorney for "numerous sex crimes including rape and human trafficking," according to KY Attorney General Andy Beshear.
Robert L. Poole of Burlington was indicted on November 15th on 15 counts. They are as follows:
two counts of human trafficking of a minor for commercial sexual activity, Class B felonies;
one count of unlawful transaction with a minor under 16 for illegal sexual activity, Class B felony;
two counts of unlawful transaction with a minor under 18 for illegal sexual activity, Class C felonies;
three counts of human trafficking of an adult for commercial sexual activity, Class C felonies;
five counts of complicity to human trafficking of an adult for commercial sexual activity, Class C felonies;
one count of third-degree Rape, a Class D felony, and
one count of bribing a witness, a Class D felony
Poole was arrested by the Erlanger Police Department on Friday November 16th and is in the Kenton county Detention Center on a $100,000 cash bond.
"The investigation into Poole, an Erlanger attorney, began after the Campbell County Police Department referred information to the Erlanger Police Department following the 20-year sentencing of former Campbell County District Judge Timothy Nolan," said a press release from the KY AG's Office. "Nolan, 71, was sentenced in May 2018. Prosecutors from Beshear’s Special Prosecutions Division accepted a guilty plea from Nolan Feb. 9 on 21 counts, including human trafficking of adults, promoting human trafficking of minors and unlawful transaction with minors, against 19 victims."
Poole is scheduled for arraignment at 1:30 p.m. on November 26th in Kenton Circuit Court.