Former NC Pastor Clinton Alexander Feemster 2nd Arrest on Soliciting Sex From Males
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former pastor Clinton Alexander Feemster worked at Gardner Webb
University beginning in 2004, but he resigned shortly after allegations
of sexual solicitation surfaced last year. Feemster retired from Mount
Zion Baptist Church in August 2011.
As a former Kings Mountain
pastor and religion professor, Feemster has been arrested on allegations
that he tried to solicit sex from an uncover police officer for the
second time in two years.
Clinton Alexander Feemster, 60, of Gastonia is facing charges of
soliciting a crime against nature
after Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say he asked an undercover male
officer for sex Oct. 26 at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport
overlook.
According to a warrant affidavit, Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Police Officer E. Roman and four detectives went to the airport overlook
for a sting operation. The overlook is known as a
“meeting place for males interested in engaging in illegal public sexual acts,” according to the affidavit.
Here's how the scenario went as Feemster boldly solicited a male stranger for sex:
The
overlook parking lot contained about a dozen cars. Families with
children watched the planes land and take off from the runway. A steady
flow of vehicles arrived and left the overlook around 3 p.m. when an
undercover officer was approached.
Roman sat in his vehicle for
about five minutes before a white Ford Ranger pickup pulled up on the
driver side, according to the warrant.
Feemster
asked the undercover officer to talk with him at the picnic tables on
the overlook grounds. Feemster offered to engage in a sex act with
Officer Roman in a public location, according to the affidavit.
Feemster
agreed to follow the officer to another location. He was not arrested
at the overlook because Feemster left the area before a marked police
car could stop him.
Later, Feemster was issued a warrant for his arrest and then arrested on last week on Wednesday.
As
reported, this isn’t the first time Feemster has been accused of
soliciting a male police officer for sex. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Police said that Feemster asked an officer for oral sex in February
2011. At that time, a judge found him not guilty of soliciting sex.
Plus, supporters rallied around the former pastor when he was accused.
Feemster was the pastor at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Kings Mountain
and director of the Pittman Center for Congregational Enrichment at
Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs. The church and university
both placed Feemster on leave after he was arrested. He had worked at
Gardner-Webb since 2004, but resigned shortly after the allegations
surfaced. Feemster retired from Mount Zion Baptist Church in August
2011. He’d been at the church for around 20 years.
Feemster is scheduled to appear in Mecklenburg County District Court Nov. 27 for the solicitation charge.
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