Randy Horton Jr. of Spruce Pine, has appealed a District Court ruling that found him guilty of misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury. The case stems from a June 14th incident during a “No Kings Rally” in Burnsville. Horton was convicted of assaulting 73-year-old Norman Rabek during the event.
Judge Alexandria Leake sentenced Horton to 75 days in the Yancey County Jail and ordered him to pay more than thirteen hundred dollars in fines, court costs, and restitution…