NC football coach charged with child sexual abuse, arrested in SC

Maxwell Sidney Fletcher, 30

LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Lincoln County investigators have charged 30-year-old Maxwell Sidney Fletcher with sexual assault.

On May 15, officers were dispatched to a call regarding a sexual assault of a minor. Following the investigation, Fletcher, of Mount Holly, was arrested on May 17 in Gaffney, SC.

He is being held at the Gaffney Detention Center on a fugitive warrant. He also has outstanding warrants for his arrest in Lincoln and Catawba counties.

Detective Hendrix said the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office will begin the process of extraditing Fletcher back to North Carolina next week.

Fletcher worked as a football coach at East Lincoln High School.

This investigation is ongoing and includes multiple jurisdictions in North and South Carolina.