Longest Serving NC State Legislator Charged With Assault

North Carolina State Senator R.C. Soles Jr. (D)
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North Carolina State Senator R.C. Soles, the longest serving legislator in the state, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon.

Soles, a Democrat and an attorney, allegedly shot one of his former clients on Aug. 23, 2008 and inflicted serious bodily injury, according to the indictment.

A local television station, WECT, reports that the victim and another man had kicked on the front door of Soles’ home. Soles claims the shooting was done in self defense.

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