Soles, a democrat, was indicted in January, 2010 on a felony firearms charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury.
In February, 2010 he pled to a reduced charge of misdemeanor assault and walked away with only a $1,000 fine.
Anti Gun N. C. State State Senator Shoots A Home Invader
State Sen. R.C. Soles indicted on assault charge
Shooting by Soles ends in plea, fine
Shortly before the shooting he was accused of fondling a man when the man was 15 and paying him money to keep the crime quiet.
Man accuses state senator of fondling him
Wow... I just read about it now.
My bad.
IMHO a story worth repeating and keeping alive in the blogosphere...
Remember who his lawyer was? Joe Cheshire, the man who defended the Duke Lacrosse players when Mike Nifong tried to lynch them.
But look at the name of the website! Maybe he does it again!
This guy is a real drip...