Lincoln County High School Coach Facing Sex Assault Charges

LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. – An East Lincoln High School soccer coach has been arrested and charged with sexual assault and other felony charges.

Maxwell Fletcher, 30, is being held in a detention center in Gaffney, South Carolina on a Fugitive from Justice warrant.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called on Wednesday, May 15th to a situation involving the sexual assault of a minor.

Gaffney Police arrested Fletcher on Friday.

Officials said Fletcher has pending felony warrants out of Lincoln and Catawba counties. 

The sheriff’s office said that Fletcher will be extradited back to North Carolina next week.