Republican state senator indicted by grand jury

Longtime North Carolina state senator misused campaign contributions and falsely labeled the spending as expenses and charitable donations on finance reports, according to an indictment issued Tuesday.

Republican Sen. Fletcher Hartsell of Concord, the longest-serving current member of the state Senate, was indicted on three felony counts of filing false campaign finance reports. While the indictment doesn't specify the nature of the spending, state investigators have been looking into his spending on his haircuts and the upkeep of antique Studebakers.