RALEIGH — State Sen. R.C. Soles Jr., D-Columbus, is free to return to his law practice and his seat in the General Assembly. The 75-year-old lawmaker pleaded guilty Thursday in Columbus County Superior Court to a misdemeanor charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Under the plea agreement, Soles will pay more than $1,000 in court costs but face no other penalties.
RALEIGH — The week of Oct. 19, Carolina Journal interviewed a 47-year-old man who claimed that when he was 13 years old, state Sen. R.C. Soles Jr., a Democrat from Tabor City, lured him to the senator's home, plied him with alcohol, and sexually assaulted him. We are publishing the videotaped interview CJ conducted with the man, who wanted to be called Jay, and an interview with Dr. Michael Plaut, a Wilmington-area psychologist.
RALEIGH — A 47-year-old North Carolina man says that when he was 13 years old State Sen. R. C. Soles Jr. of Tabor City lured him to his secluded lakeside home, plied him with alcohol, and sexually assaulted him.
North Carolinians were optimistic at the beginning of 2009. But April brought a turnabout. Now, most voters say the state is on the wrong track.
