BY GRETA CUYLERPolice will not charge the father who said he wished he’d tied a rope around his daughter’s boyfriend’s neck and dragged him behind his car. It was one week ago that Gilberto Soto, 38, of Weare, appeared on ABC’s “20/20” and said he wished he’d done more than beat up then-17-year-old Damon ...

BY JENN McDOWELLMark Yphantis said he is trying to move on with his life after charges of conspiring to assault a Weare police officer – and accepting $700 to do it – and being a felon in possession of a deadly weapon were dropped at a probable cause hearing on Monday, March 11. “We did a further investigation, which revealed ...

BY GRETA CUYLERThe father who beat up his daughter’s boyfriend after learning the two had had sex appeared on ABC’s “20/20” Friday, March 14, and spoke publicly about the incident for the first time. “So I hit him,” said Gilberto Soto, the girl’s father. “Do I regret what I did? No. Would I do it ...

BY STEVEN ANDREWS A 17-year-old student was attacked by his 15-year -old girlfriend’s father at John Stark High School as school let out after the man learned the pair had sex earlier in the day, according to police. The Monday, Sept. 10, incident left the boy bruised and in need of stitches, while the father, from Weare, was charged with ...