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Second suspect named in Greenville murder; deemed armed and dangerous
GREENVILLE, Pitt County — Jah'Quore Connor, 19, of Farmville, is wanted by the Greenville Police Department in relation to the murder of Jahsijah Montejah Jahson in April, 2024. Connor should be considered armed and dangerous, per officials with the GPD. Zy'quan Malik Johnson was arrested in Rocky Mount on...
‘It has to come down’: Protesters call for monument’s removal from courthouse square
Peaceful protesters united Wednesday and called on county officials to remove a nearly century-old monument from the courthouse square that displays an image of the American flag and Confederate battle flag. “It has to come down,” said Michael Clanton, pastor of Antioch Outreach Church Ministries in Wilson. “It represents hate to me.” A few dozen people gathered in front of […] The post ‘It has to come down’: Protesters call for monument’s removal from courthouse square first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
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...
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.
Greenville losing state license plate agency location tomorrow
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Greenville will be down to just one place to get new license plates after tomorrow. The state license plate agency on Statonsburg Road will close at 5:00 p.m. Thursday. DMV says the Stanton Square Shopping Center location has been operating under a temporary contract since the...
Man arrested at checkpoint with over 130g of drugs and hidden gun
KINSTON, Lenoir County — A NC Highway checkpoint uncovers psilocybin mushrooms that led to the arrest of a Greenville man. Kinston law enforcement came in contact with Christopher Smith, 34 of Greenville during a driver's license checking station on Highway 11 on Tuesday, April 30 close to midnight. Officers searched the vehicle after observing drug violations and found a concealed handgun, more than 60 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and more than 70 grams of marijuana.
Woman arrested and facing murder charge related to Snow Hill murder
An arrest has been made in the April 2023 fatal shooting of James Edward Schulteis III in Snow Hill. Tameka Best was arrested in Greenville on Tuesday, April 30 and will have her first appearance in court on Friday where she will face second-degree murder charges, according to the Snow Hill Police Department.
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...
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...
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....
Wilson community to rally Wednesday morning for removal of confederate monument at courthouse
A rally will be held in Wilson Wednesday morning as part of a community effort to remove a confederate monument. The monument is located outside the Wilson County Courthouse on Nash Street. "There's been no threats of violence, but we have placed barricades near the intersections of the courthouse as...
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...
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,...
Edgecombe County community paramedic program tests substance amid overdose increase
Paramedic program relies on drug analysis amid rise in overdoses. Two eastern North Carolina counties are investigating after an uptick in overdoses and several deaths. Goldsboro police are still investigating five deaths in 10 days potentially linked to drug use. Meanwhile, Edgecombe County has doubled the number of overdoses it...
Crime Roundup: Suspects sought in Fountain robbery
The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to identify suspects in the robbery of a Fountain convenience store.. A news release from the sheriff’s office said that at about 10 a.m. on April 25, two armed suspects robbed Michelle’s Community Store, 3315 U.S. 258, near the highway’s intersection with Turnage Road and Otter Creek Church Road in northern Pitt County. It said two Black males entered the store. ...
World War II veteran, Pinetops native remembered for work in agriculture
Norfleet Lane Sugg, 99, an inductee into the Twin County Hall of Fame and a Navy veteran of World War II, died Sunday at Edgecombe Health Center by Harborview in Tarboro. He would have turned 100 on June 29. Born in Pinetops, Sugg, known as “Fleet” by friends and family, graduated from South Edgecombe High School before earning a bachelor’s of science degree in agronomy from N.C. State University. Sugg...
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