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Senator R. C. Soles, Jr.
December 10 , 2009 |
| Office: |
2022 Legislative Building |
| Phone: |
(919) 733-5963 |
| OLD Legislative Mailing
Address: |
NC Senate
16 W. Jones Street, Room 2022
Raleigh, NC 27601-2808 |
| Terms in Senate: |
17 (4 in House) |
| District: |
8 |
| Counties
Represented: |
Brunswick,
Columbus, Pender |
| Occupation: |
Attorney |
| Address: |
P.O. Box 6, Tabor City, NC 28463 |
| Phone: |
(910) 653-2015 |
| Personal Website: |
N/A |
Sen. R.C. Soles,
pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon
deal.
WHITEVILLE - State Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. didn't receive any favors in a
plea deal reached last week for a shooting at his home in August 2009,
a special prosecutor said Wednesday.
James Coman, a special
prosecutor with the N.C. Attorney General's Office, made this comments
during a hearing before Superior Court Judge D. Jack Hooks
Soles pleaded guilty last week to misdemeanor assault with a deadly
weapon for a shooting at his home on Aug. 23.
Soles' criminal history. include a 1971 conviction that stemmed from
Soles' arrest for speeding 115 mph in a 45 mph zone on Bragg Boulevard
in Cumberland County.
Hooks ruled the sentencing guidelines required a $1,000 fine and court
costs.
This man has been
good for our state.
State Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. has been indicted in
connection with an August shooting at Soles' Tabor City home.
A
Columbus County grand jury returned a true bill of indictment Thursday
charging Soles with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious
injury.
On Aug. 23, Soles shot Thomas Kyle Blackburn. Soles said
that Blackburn and another man were trying to intrude into Soles' home
and that the shooting was in self-defense.
The
indictment was expected since the grand jury had previously found
probable cause in the case.
The
prosecution is being handled by the Attorney General's Office because
District Attorney Rex Gore, who has long ties to Soles, recused himself
from the case.
Soles
is the longest serving lawmaker in the state and he was a key member of
the Democratic leadership in the Senate. He announced last week that he
did not intend to seek re-election.
Robert C. Soles, Jr.
(born 1934) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate,
representing the 8th district since 1977. His district includes
Brunswick, Columbus and Pender counties. From 1969-1976, Soles served
in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Sen. Soles is the chairman of the Senate Democratic
Caucus.
In
2006, the N.C. Bar Association inducted him into the General Practice
Hall of Fame. Recently, the North Carolina Center for Public Policy
Research named him the 8th most
effective member of the legislature.
Soles is the Founding President of the Southeastern
Community College Foundation,
a former member of the Governor's Crime Commission, and former board
member of the Columbus County Community Foundation and Opera Company of
North Carolina.
Soles graduated with a B.A. from Wake Forest
University and received his J.D. from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. The 74-year-old lawyer has never been married.
This man has been
good for our state.
Longest serving
state senator may be indicted
Posted: Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009
A grand jury in Columbus County
has found probable cause
to indict state Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. on a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon inflicting serious injury in connection with the August
shooting at Soles' home in Tabor City North Carolina
Soles,
74, a Democrat, is the longest-serving state senator. He shot one of
two men that he stated were intruding into his home. He stated through
his attorney that the shooting was in self-defense.
Columbus
County District Attorney Rex Gore turned the case over Attorney General
Roy Cooper, whose office presented the case to a grand jury Thursday.
The grand jury has instructed Attorney General Roy Cooper to prepare
the necessary paperwork for it to return an indictment against Soles.
Soles'
attorney, Joseph B. Cheshire V of Raleigh, said in a written statement
that it's too early to say that Soles has been charged criminally. It
looks that this matter will continue through our court system.
With out judging in this case lets all pray for justace.
Here at Whiteville News we always pray in Jesus Name
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