Robert Poole arrested in Boone County Friday: Attorney was indicted on human trafficking charges

Attorney Robert Poole was taken into custody at the Boone County Jail Friday on charges of felony human trafficking and bribing a witness.

He was booked into the jail at 9:39 a.m., said a deputy jailer.

The 53-year-old Poole is being held on a $100,000 cash bond, according to court records.

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On Thursday, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that a Boone Count grand jury indicted Poole on four felony human trafficking charges and a charge of bribing a witness.

The Erlanger Police Department is leading the investigation with assistance from the Attorney General’s human trafficking investigation unit.

The investigation into Poole started with a tip from Campbell County officers investigating former Campbell County District Judge Tim Nolan, according to a 2018 Enquirer article. Campbell County police provided information to Erlanger officials about Poole. A conservative activist and one-time school board member, Nolan was sentenced to 20 years in prison for human trafficking charges in 2018. 

In addition to Thursday’s indictments, a Kenton County grand jury indicted Poole on 15 charges including human trafficking of a minor and rape in November 2018. He was arrested in 2018 at his law office in Erlanger. Poole pleaded not guilty to the 2018 charges and a jury trial is scheduled to start on Sept. 21 in Kenton County.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Robert Poole arrested in Boone County Friday: Attorney was indicted on human trafficking charges