A Southport man pleaded no contest to common-law robbery in Brunswick County Superior Court on Monday.
Kyle Bradley Wofle, 22, pleaded no contest to common-law robbery in connection with an April 6, 2013, incident at a home in Southport, according to Assistant District Attorney Daniel Thurston.
Superior Court Judge Gail Adams sentenced Wolfe to 14 to 26 months in the N.C. Department of Corrections, which was suspended. Adams ordered that Wolfe serve 18 months of unsupervised probation.
As part of his plea agreement, all other charges–including charges stemming from a Boiling Spring Lakes prostitution investigation in September 2013–were dismissed.
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Wolfe was arrested in May 2013 by the Boiling Spring Lakes Police Department after an investigation into advertisements for prostitution over the Internet via social media websites, according to Boiling Spring Lakes Police Chief Bradford Shirley.
His co-defendant in the case–21-year-old Shawn Christopher Conley–pleaded guilty to human trafficking of a minor March 17. Conley was sentenced to 80-108 months in the N.C. Department of Corrections.
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A Brunswick County jury convicted 40-year-old Michael Alan Hayes, a former Brunswick County police officer, on charges of participating in prostitution of a minor and filing a false police report in the same case on Aug. 20. Hayes was sentenced to 45 days in prison, which was suspended, and 12 months of probation. He has appealed his conviction to the N.C. Court of Appeals.
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“Just to inform the court, there are a variety of reasons for the provisions…ranging from victims/witnesses exercising their sixth amendment right to remain silent and not testify at this particular point in time, ranging to witnesses/victims who do not want to participate in the prosecution of this case,” Thurston said. “They are not willing to come forward and have no desire to cooperate in any way, shape or form.
“Having said that your honor, I believe this is a good outcome for all the parties involved in this particular case. The defendant is pleading guilty to common-law robbery. As you heard before, he’s already got a 563-day active sentence.”
The victim in the prostitution case asked that a no-contact order be lifted by the court, Thurston said. Adams granted the order.
As part of Wolfe’s plea agreement, the following charges were dismissed: two counts of promoting prostitution of a minor; two counts of supervising prostitution of a minor; human trafficking; two counts of human trafficking of a child victim; one count of first-degree burglary; one count of discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle; one count of possession of marijuana up to a half ounce; possession of drug paraphernalia; one count of felony breaking and entering; one count of larceny after breaking and entering; one count of larceny of a firearm; one count of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon; one count of safe cracking; one count of conspiracy to commit common law robbery; one count of resisting a public officer; one count of attempted larceny and first-degree trespassing.
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Christina Haley is a crime and courts reporter at Port City Daily. Reach her at (910) 772-6337 or christina.h@portcitydaily.com.
