News 14 Carolina's Jennifer Moxley has more from the Rowan County courthouse.
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Cabarrus County commissioner Coy Privette pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to charges of aiding and abetting prostitution.
Privette, 74, faces six charges -- all are misdemeanors. According to the warrants, Privette rented a hotel room and paid for sexual acts six different times between May 4 and June 25.
Rowan County district attorney Bill Kenerly revealed Wednesday that the woman Privette hired for sex took pictures of him with her camera phone and gave the pictures to investigators. He also said Privette used his own name to check into two local motels and security cameras at those motels showed Privette and the woman at the motel on several different dates.
Coy Privette enters the Rowan County courthouse Wednesday before entering a guilty plea.
When investigators with Kannapolis police and the SBI questioned Privette, he admitted writing the check to Tiffany Summers to pay for sex.
Kenerly agreed to defer prosecution which means if Privette meets the conditions of the court orders, the charges against him will be dismissed. Those conditions include supervised probation for the next year, completing 48 hours of community service, paying court fees and continuing psychological counseling that he had already initiated.
Summers was also in the courtroom. Earlier in the morning, she pleaded not guilty to six counts of prostitution.
As Privette left the courtroom, he was asked if he planned to resign from the board of county commissioners. His attorney said they would address that later.