NORTH CAROLINA
Port City Daily
November 17, 2014 By Christina Haley
A Gastonia man pleaded guilty to statutory rape in Brunswick County Superior Court on Monday.
Joseph Robert Hall, 62, pleaded guilty to one count of statutory rape of a minor he was at least six years older than before Superior Court Judge Gail Adams. Adams sentenced Hall to 12 to 15 years in the N.C. Department of Corrections.
All other charges in the case were dismissed as part of Hall’s plea agreement, according to Assistant District Attorney Chris Thomas.
Hall was arrested in May, charged with five counts of statutory rape of a minor with the defendant more than six years older than the victim, five counts of statutory sex offense, four counts of indecent liberties with a child, first-degree rape of a child and first-degree sexual offense of a child, according to Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Spokeswoman Emily Flax.
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