October 13, 2025
Democratic Rep. Cecil Brockman faces a number of felony prices after allegations of sexual acts with a 15-year-old.
The state consultant for North Carolina, Cecil Brockman, has been arrested and charged with a number of sex-related offenses involving a 15-year-old minor, in accordance to court docket paperwork launched Oct 9 and obtained by Occasions Union.
Brockman, a six-term Democratic lawmaker from Excessive Level, was taken into custody on Oct. 8 on two counts of statutory sexual offense with a toddler and two counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor. A Justice of the Peace’s order accuses Brockman of partaking in sexual acts and committing “lewd and lascivious” conduct with the identical juvenile round Aug.15.
The State Bureau of Investigation has joined the probe.
The Guilford County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed that Brockman, 41, is being held with out bond. His preliminary court docket listening to, scheduled for this Thursday afternoon, was postponed to Friday after data confirmed he was hospitalized.
Sheriff’s Workplace spokesperson Bria Evans stated she couldn’t present particulars about his medical situation resulting from privateness legal guidelines, however confirmed he stays in custody on the Excessive Level jail.
Political leaders from each events have known as for his resignation in response to the costs. North Carolina Democratic Social gathering officers joined Republican Home Speaker Destin Corridor, Democratic Home Chief Robert Reives, and Gov. Josh Stein in demanding that Brockman step down.
“These prices are extraordinarily severe and deeply troubling,” Gov. Stein stated in an announcement. “Whereas the authorized course of has but to play out, it’s clear he can not successfully serve his constituents and will resign instantly.”
Courtroom paperwork additionally point out that Brockman was denied launch as a result of of issues that his political place and “ample assets” might assist him evade prosecution. The Justice of the Peace additional alleged that Brockman had tried to contact the sufferer, together with efforts to find the teenager at a hospital and use his standing to assemble details about the juvenile’s whereabouts.
Brockman, first elected in 2014, has at occasions crossed occasion strains to assist Republican-backed payments. He serves as one among 4 vice chairs on the Home Okay–12 Schooling Committee and narrowly received his most up-to-date major election to signify the sixtieth District, which covers elements of southwest Guilford County.
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