Nurse practitioner who worked in Raleigh arrested for alleged sex crimes involving patients, including girl

A nurse practitioner with North Carolina ties was arrested in Virginia on charges he touched patients inappropriately.

Keith Allen Henry, 55, of Louisburg, North Carolina, has worked as a nurse practitioner in Charlotte, Goldsboro, Knightdale, Louisburg, Raleigh and Wake Forest.

The Spotsylvania County (Va.) Sheriff’s Office charged Henry with felony aggravated sexual battery of a child younger than 13 years of age.

Spotsylvania County detectives said the first incident happened on Nov. 7 after a 7-year-old patient told her mother of the practitioner’s behavior during a consultation. The alleged offense occurred at a medical clinic in the county.

Henry was arrested in Hanover, Virginia, on Nov. 28 and incarcerated at Pamunkey Regional Jail without bond.

Authorities discovered a second alleged incident after Henry was in custody. A 35-year-old woman accused Henry of inappropriately touching her during a medical exam that happened in the past year at the same clinic. After investigation, warrants were obtained on Henry for misdemeanor sexual battery and attempted sexual battery.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office at 540-507-7674 or email Senior Detective Y. Lecarpentier at ylecarpentier@spotsylvania.va.us.