MONROE, N.C.,None — A former Monroe police sergeant will not stand trial on charges of inappropriately touching a 15-year-old girl.
According to reports from newspaper partner The Enquirer-Journal, the district attorney dropped charges against Joe Pressley. The Union County District Attorney found his office had a conflict of interest in the case and had to turn it over to Rowan County.
Rowan County decided not to pursue the case.
Pressley was fired in October.
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