A joint investigation involving the FBI and Asheville Police Department has led to a human trafficking arrest.
The suspect, Shayrone Renard Thompson was apprehended Tuesday after a month long investigation which started with a reported assault of a minor.
Mission Hospital's Child Advocacy Center and the North Carolina Department of Health Services also assisted in the investigation.
Thompson is charged with human trafficking of a child, statutory rape, indecent acts with a child and multiple other crimes. He's being held without bond in Buncombe County.