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CRIME & SAFETY
Crime Roundup: Woman charged with bringing drugs to prisons
A cooperative effort by Pitt and Franklin County authorities led to a woman’s arrest on drug charges. A news release from the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office said that on May 14, detectives with the office’s special operations unit along with Franklin County Sheriff’s Office deputies executed a search warrant at 164 Unit B, Nelson St., in Bethel. The release said the search was part of an ongoing investigation by the...
Teen charged with woman’s death in April vehicle crash
A Rocky Mount teen is charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and reckless driving to endanger in connection with a recent two-vehicle wreck on the east side of the city that claimed the life of a woman, according to N.C. District Court records in Edgecombe County. Rosbel Vargas, 17, was charged on April 16, about two days after the fatality, which occurred at the traffic-signal-regulated intersection of Alternate U.S. 64 and Springfield Road, the court records state. ...
Road to Hope rides through Williamston
It was a memorable site last week as 100 bicycle-riding law enforcement officers, rode through Martin County and sped down Williamston’s Main Street, making their way to Washington D.C. to honor fallen fellow officers. Before leaving Martin County, the riders stopped to remember local law enforcement officers lost in the line of duty. “I want to thank Team Raleigh for coming to our Law Enforcement Memorial every year to remember...
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