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Rocky Mount firearm examiner aims to solve more crimes, faster
New data shows the impact of a fire examiner at the Rocky Mount Police Department. The Rocky Mount Police Department is one of only a few cities in eastern North Carolina that analyze firearms in-house. The firearm examiner analyzed 5,950 cartridge casings and 417 firearms for more than 30 police...
Do you know him? Man wanted for felony larceny at Z’s Smoke House, Rocky Mount police say
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WNCN) — Investigators are looking for help to identify a man they said stole from a tobacco shop, the Rocky Mount Police Department said Wednesday. At about 9:19 p.m. Tuesday, officers said a man entered Z’s Smoke House on the 1600 block of Northern Blvd. and was involved in a felony larceny.
Man, woman stole vehicles from home of deceased person, Halifax County deputies say
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (WNCN) — A man and a woman are facing charges after they were found to have broken into the home of a deceased person and stole vehicles from the property, the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. Deputies said 40-year-old Justin Roger Nowell and 38-year-old...
Murder, accessory charges filed against Walstonburg man
Charges against a Walstonburg man arrested in an April 15 shooting death on Third Street in west Greenville include murder and accessory after the fact, according to jail records. Zy’quan Malik Johnson, 21, 93 Jamal Sarsour St., was arrested in Rocky Mount the next night with the assistance of the Rocky Mount Police Department, the Greenville Police Department said. He was detained in the Edgecombe County Jail and later booked...
Local man busted on drug charges after traffic stop
A Rocky Mount man remains in custody under a $400,000 secured bond in the Nash County Detention Center and faces at least 11 charges, mostly for drug-related offenses but also for resisting a public officer, according to N.C. District Court and jail records. Clarence Borum, 34, was stopped April 23 on suspicion of driving while his license was suspended, the Nash County Sheriff’s office said in a press release. A...
Detour ahead on US 64: Former North Old Carriage bridge to be demolished
Motorists using the controlled-access U.S. 64 approaching the interchange for North Old Carriage Road late at night through early in the morning are temporarily going to have to exit off the highway and use the interchange’s new roundabouts to get back onto the highway. Crews have been working to improve and widen North Old Carriage from the intersection of Eastern and Sunset avenues to Reges Store and Green Hills roads. The work has included constructing a new four-lane bridge for North Old Carriage over U.S....
TARBORO: Girls both facing charges after one accidentally shoots the other
TARBORO, N.C. (WITN) - Police in one Eastern Carolina say two underage girls will face charges after one of them was accidentally shot late Monday afternoon. Tarboro police say they were called to Pender Square Apartments and found one girl had been shot in her leg. They learned that the...
Three arrested after law enforcement finds meth, heroin during search of home
TARBORO, Edgecombe County — Three people were arrested and charged after law enforcement searched a home on W. Wilson Street in Tarboro on Apr. 29, 2024. The search was related to an investigation into the selling of methamphetamine. In the months leading up to the search, law enforcement officers...
Teen shot while sitting in car outside store, Halifax County deputies say
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (WNCN) — Deputies are working to learn who shot a teen while he was sitting in a car outside of a store, the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. At about 5 p.m. Tuesday, deputies said they were called to the parking lot of a...
Bird park co-founder receives medal from king of England
SCOTLAND NECK — A native Briton’s lifelong service to the cause of protecting wildlife was honored Tuesday with one of Great Britain’s most prestigious honors. Mike Lubbock, co-founder of Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, received the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire medal from one of King Charles III’s emissaries in a ceremony attended by about 200 invitees, at the park that has become both a staple of Eastern North Carolina tourism and a nerve center for the study and preservation of...
Man, 43, jailed on first-degree murder charge
A man with a prior history of violence is behind bars without bond in the Edgecombe County Detention Center after Rocky Mount police charged him with committing first-degree murder Sunday. Scottie Jeffries, 43, was arrested after an investigation of a report of an unconscious female in the 300 block of Marigold Street just on the east side of downtown, police said. Investigators described the incident as a domestic violence-related homicide,...
Sheetz across from N.C. Wesleyan robbed
Police are asking for the public’s help finding a suspect who robbed the Sheetz convenience store across from N.C. Wesleyan University early Saturday morning. Officers responded shortly before 4 a.m. to the scene, and a preliminary investigation found that the suspect had entered the store and had demanded property before fleeing in an unknown direction, police said. The store is in the 3700 block of North Wesleyan Boulevard on the far northern side of the city. In addition to being near a private university, it...
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