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Updated: 3:38 PM Nov 17, 2008
Sheriff Accepts Plea Deal In Teen Rape Case
A western North Carolina sheriff, who resigned Sunday, has pleaded guilty to reduced charges related to sexual incidents 20 years ago with underage girls.
Posted: 3:59 PM Nov 15, 2008 |
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A former western North Carolina sheriff has pleaded guilty to reduced charges related to sexual incidents 20 years ago with underage girls.
Former Polk County Sheriff Chris Abril accepted a plea deal shortly after his trial began Monday in Waynesville. The Times-News of Hendersonville reported he pleaded guilty to solicitation to take indecent liberties with a minor.
He resigned as sheriff on Sunday.
Abril was charged in 2006 with five counts of statutory rape and one count of sexual offense related to incidents involving a 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl. Abril has denied the allegations.
On Monday, an agent with the State Bureau of Investigation testified that a 12-year-old girl told authorities in 1989 that she and Abril had intercourse three times.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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NC State LE has had some hard hits with misdoings not being caught. Isn't there some kind of back ground check they do before hiring LE? If they do how do these people get through the cracks,is it a crap shoot process? Look at Hayden under investigation for 36yrs and nobody caught it? Just curious.
Plea deal my foot. He should be at Raleigh Central just like all the rest of the child molesters.
Mark, I'm right here. Re-read my original posts. I never said you were wrong. I simply said that he deserved a fair trial [which he got] and that if he were guilty he should be punished [which he will]. I also said that he deserved the benefit of the doubt like anyone else should get. So, you were right..and so was I.
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