Thread: Sheriff: NC senator shoots intruder at his home

Sheriff: NC senator shoots intruder at his home

The Associated Press
7:20 p.m. August 23, 2009

TABOR CITY, N.C. — A sheriff says North Carolina's longest serving state lawmaker has shot one of two intruders who kicked in the front door of his home.

Columbus County Sheriff Chris Batten tells The Star-News of Wilmington that 74-year-old state Sen. R.C. Soles shot the man who was taken to a hospital.

The sheriff's office referred a call from The Associated Press to the State Bureau of Investigation. An SBI spokeswoman did not immediately return a call.

The SBI is investigating a man's claim that Soles tried to fondle him more than a decade ago when the man was a teenager. The accuser later said he made up the story. Soles has not been charged and denies the accusation.

Calls to a number listed for Soles' Tabor City home went unanswered. Soles has been in the General Assembly for 40 years.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/ ... dex=154229

Wow! Senator Soles! Who'd a thought he'd ever be in a story like this one.

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