Court records show candidate for soil & water was convicted of domestic violence.

Court records show that a candidate for the Johnston County Soil and Water Conservation District board, was convicted of domestic violence in Wake County District Court. He pleaded guilty to assault inflicting serious injury, a Class A1 misdemeanor, in case 16CR214839-910. The court's judgment records him as convicted in a domestic violence case, with a finding of "Domestic Violence - Personal Relationship."

According to the North Carolina court portal, the offense date was July 22, 2016. Judge Robert B. Rader accepted the plea and entered judgment on November 15, 2016.

The sentence was an intermediate one with a 75-day minimum term, 18 months of supervised probation, and six days of special probation in the Wake County jail. As a special condition of probation, he was ordered to serve three weekends in jail, have no contact with the victim, and stay away from the victim's premises. The court also ordered a substance abuse assessment and treatment.

The record shows $697.00 in restitution ordered to the victim and a related medical provider. Court financial records list a total assessment of $4,452.84, with $746.00 in payments and credits, and a balance of $3,714.88 due as of October 4, 2026. That total covers fines, fees, interest and other court costs along with restitution. The record doesn't say how the payments were applied.

Source: North Carolina court portal, Wake County District Court, case 16CR214839-910. Readers can search the case number on the NC eCourts portal to view the record.

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