A Morganton Pastor plead guilty to a misdemeanor weapons charge in Burke County on Friday.
Adam Vines was sentenced to 45 days, but his sentence was suspended for 12 months of probation after his guilty plea to charges of failure to secure a firearm stemming from an incident on October 15th, 2023.
The incident happened at just before 8:30 on Sunday the 15th at the River Valley Baptist Church in Morganton where Vines is a pastor. According to reports, Vine’s 2 year son was shot after his older sibling found the unsecured weapon in the pastor’s vehicle. Fortunately the injuries received by the 2 year old Vines were non lethal.
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