The troubles continue for state Senator R.C. Soles. Mr. Soles has a law practice in the Columbus County town of Tabor City, and has recently had a number of run-ins with clients and ex-clients. Since our first report aired last Thursday, Mr. Soles has pepper sprayed a client who showed up at his house. The client, Stacey Scott, walked to the Tabor City Emergency Services Building for help. Police say another client of Mr. Soles, 16-year-old Allen Strickland, trespassed on the Senator's property on two separate occasions over the last few weeks, and stole a light fixture. Police say Strickland learned Soles was considering pressing charges and threatened to call NewsChannel 3, the FBI, and Bettie Fennell, who is Soles' political challenger, with damaging information regarding Soles. He threatened to ruin Soles' political career and said he would see him in prison. In response to that call, police arrested Strickland on charges of extortion. They also arrested another client of R.C. Soles, Ervin Jordan, who they say worked as an accomplice with Allen Strickland to steal the Senator's light fixture. In a press release issued today, Mr. Soles said some of his clients have fallen on hard times, and were venting their frustrations on him. Senator Soles said he did what was necessary to protect his property.


Sen. Soles Use of FIrearm
R.C. Soles Anti 2nd Amendment belief has just exposed him for the hypocrite he really is. He like many other Anti 2nd Amendment washington politicians are elitists believing they are better than the rest of us and as elected officials have the power / right to force dos and don'ts on the rest of Americans which they themselves are unwilling to abide by. Shame on any American who would continually vote in to office a politician that opposes any freedom provided all Americans in our Constitution & Bill of Rights.
It is time for Americans to wake up & take a stand against the federal governments, republican or democrats, continued efforts to legislate away Americans God given rights. I for one don't want or need an elitist group many having committed crimes to tell me which light bulb to use, take my tax dollars for distribution to those unwilling to work, forced health care, refuse exploration of oil from our own reserves, or tell me I have no right to possess firearms to name a few.
It is time for politicians like Soles to be removed from office never to return.
Soles hypocrisy
Anybody taking bets that this Senator also believes that he is entitled to a far superior level of health care (along with his D.C. cronies)than that which he is pressing for you and me?
What an arrogant piece of
What an arrogant piece of trash. He thinks because he defends trash that he is justified in having a gun for protection, but we as ordinary citizens do not have the same right. Get rid of this dirtbag NC.
Handgun ownership
It is time to resign Senator!
You can not expect the public to trust you any further.
My right ot protect my family is as just as yours yet you disagree!
Resignation is in order.
Howard Denny
Sen Soles
Any one who practices in criminal defense and family law will have dangerous and threatening run-ins with their clients and former clients. Not all but some clients are troubled, unstable, emotional and/or violent = about .05% of the time. That is why the majority are in the system to begin with.
As a criminal defense and family law practitioner, I have had my fair share of threats and unstable clients walking into the office or learning my home information, creating a sense of fear b/c of their erratic behavior and threats. I have had former clients stalk me. Most recently, a woman. Not too long ago, coming from a depositions, a former client accosted me - thankfully there were 3 armed detective that I was deposing who handled the situation for me.
Those accused of crimes are entitled to representation b/c it protects those precious and ever ebbing constitutional rights we all inherited. For the .05% who retaliate regardless of the outcome of their case, its a dangerous job - as is for all of us involved - law enforcement and prosecutors.
Family law clients are emotional and angry to begin with - good people at their worst. These cause more safety problems to attorneys and judges than our criminal clients. In Jacksonville, FL (a few years ago), an attorney was held hostage by a disgruntled client and the judge was threatened.
The general public has no insight into how the justice system actually works. The new media skews the system to the detriment of our own liberties.
Support Sen Soles and all those who are in the system supporting and defending you and your constitutional rights
Senator Soles and his support of Constitional rights
Apparently, Sen. Soles is highly selective in his defense of the constitional rights of his constituents. I agree that we should support those who are in the system supporting and defending others and their constitional rights. At the same time we should abhor those who, like Sen. Soles, freely exercise their own while denying the "lesser" among us the implements to exercise our same rights.
Sen. Soles
Having served in law enforcement for some 20 years, I can say that the perpetrators wrapped up in the criminjal justice system do not need lawyers, they need to be placed in exile somewhere in the Congo. And take their lawyers with them. Look at that den of thieves in D.C. Dang near 100% lawyers. 100% crooks. Birds of a feather, so to speak.
Sen. Soles Use of FIrearm
Maria,
In reading your comments about Soles I wondered if you were including him in your closing statement to support those in the system supporting and defending your constitutional rights. If so i also wondered which Constitution you were referring to. It couldn't be the one written by our Founding Fathers?
Washington politicians republican & democrat along with federal judges have and continue to trample the rights of Americans provided in the Constitution & Bill of Rights evidenced by Soles/democrats effort to restrict gun ownership in America & most recent being the attempt to force health care on Americans. to name a few.
Gun Restriction's?
Wasn't Soles just shooting a gun out of his front door a few weeks ago "defending" himself.
senator soles
WE reap what we sow. Why do
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Now RC has Shot one of his Former Clients
HYPOCRITE!
Shame
When is ol' RC gonna be