BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) - Seems District Attorney Rex Gore has time to celebrate wins, but no time to answer tough questions about decisions his Assistant District Attorneys are making in Brunswick County. Decisions that are putting dangerous people back on the streets and costing taxpayers thousands of dollars.

While we've made repeated requests to Gore over the past few weeks, the elected official continues to ignore us.

But today, less than 12 hours after highlighting an apparent blunder by Assistant DA Meredith Everhart regarding a rape case that now has to be sent all the way back to the grand jury and has cost taxpayers thousands of dollars already, Gore sent out a news release highlighting a case Everhardt prosecuted Monday where the defendant pleaded guilty.

Here's the news release:
Frank Elmore Gore, 22, of Willard, North Carolina, pled guilty on Monday in Brunswick County Superior Court to 1 count of Attempted 1st Degree Sex Offense against an 11 year old cousin, who lives in Leland. Assistant District Attorney Meredith Everhart stated in court during the plea that the victim initially disclosed the abuse to her therapist, whom the victim was already seeing as the result of prior sexual abuse by her step-father. The step-father is currently serving a 16 – 20 year prison sentence after pleading to multiple charges earlier this year. Gore received a sentence of 94 – 122 months, which is approximately 7 ½ - 10 years. He will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, and he will have to enroll in satellite monitoring for his entire life as well.

Read about the case that has to go back to the beginning - here:
http://www.wwaytv3.com/brunwsick_court_blunders_continue_das_office_rape...