CRIME & SAFETY
Rocky Mount man sentenced for illegal firearm possession, chase with child, puppy in vehicle
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – A Rocky Mount man was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for possessing a short-barreled rifle that was not marked with a serial number. On September 26, 2023, Chi-Ali Bunn pled guilty to the charge. “This defendant fled police in a high-speed chase exceeding 111 miles per hour with guns, […]
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...
Fire displaces 4 people
An accidental fire Thursday night destroyed a church storage building, two nearby campers and a car and damaged two adjacent homes northeast of Wilson. A couple, their 3-year-old and an elderly disabled woman were displaced in the fire at properties owned by Repha Church of God at 3736 Weaver Road. Chief Chris Butts of the East Nash Volunteer Fire Department […] The post Fire displaces 4 people first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
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