Edmonton man wanted on Canada-wide warrant for human trafficking found in B.C. | 24CA News

An Edmonton man accused of assaulting and forcibly confining a 19-year-old girl whereas coercing her into intercourse work was arrested in Burnaby, B.C., after evading police for greater than a yr. 

Keyshawn McMillan is charged with human trafficking, forcible confinement, aggravated assault, uttering threats and assault with a weapon based mostly on occasions police say occurred in 2021. 

Edmonton police allege that in March of that yr, McMillan violently assaulted the lady on the Aurora Motel in west Edmonton and was arrested on the scene.

Several months later in August, police say he attacked the identical girl a second time at a special motel within the metropolis.

Following the most recent incident, police say the lady escaped from a motel room the place she was being forcefully confined. 

McMillan was subpoenaed and was in courtroom later in August, however he by no means appeared. 

Police in Burnaby obtained info that McMillan was residing within the space and he was taken into custody by native RCMP on Dec. 27, in line with an EPS news launch Sunday. 

McMillan has since been transferred again to Edmonton, in line with police. 

Back in December 2021, EPS mentioned they believed McMillan was nonetheless within the Edmonton space. At the time, the Bolo Program provided a reward of as much as $50,000 for info resulting in his arrest. 

According to an EPS news launch, the Bolo reward was not collected because it expired in June 2022.