CRIME & SAFETY
New information released on homicide suspect shot & killed by Elizabeth City police officer
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (WITN) - A veteran police officer shot and killed the suspect in a homicide that had happened minutes before. Elizabeth City police now say Lt. Lamar Battle was on foot patrol on North Poindexter Street and heard multiple gunshots just before 2:00 a.m. Saturday. Shortly after hearing...
Letter: Murders shouldn't happen on small-town streets. There've been 2 where I live
I moved to Cypress Street in Elizabeth City about five years ago and hated it. There was a constant parade of house-shaking cars playing rap music, people threw garbage on the roads of their own neighborhood and didn’t take care of their pets or yards, and prostitutes walked the streets. The neighbor directly across the street used to let his dog out on the roof to defecate instead of walking him. My one friend in the neighborhood got his motorcycle stolen by a kid in...
Correctional officer at PCI stabbed by inmate April 13
A correctional officer at Pasquotank Correctional Institute was treated earlier this month for stab wounds after he was assaulted by an inmate wielding a homemade knife, a Pasquotank County sheriff's official said Friday. Maj. Aaron Wallio said the correctional officer, whose name was not released, was treated at a local urgent care following the April 13 incident and released. According to Wallio, the officer told investigators that he had gone...
Crimewatch: Camden sheriff makes arrests for assault, drug possession, FTA
Camden Sheriff Timothy Martin Ussery, 43, of the 300 block of Windlesham Drive, Chesapeake, Virginia, was arrested March 18 and served with an order for contempt for violating a court order for a domestic violence protection order. A $2,000 unsecured bond was set. Ashley Marie Matyisin, 27, of the 900 block of N.C. Highway 343 South, Shiloh, was served a criminal summons March 20 for a charge of common law...
Webster: Lt. Battle officer involved in fatal downtown shooting
The Elizabeth City police officer involved in Saturday's fatal shooting of an armed murder suspect is a lieutenant and 16-year veteran of the department. Police Chief Phil Webster identified the officer Wednesday as Lamar Battle Jr., 41, a watch commander in the patrol division of the department. According to police, Battle was on foot patrol in the 200 block of North Poindexter Street about 1:57 a.m. when he heard several...
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