A newborn infant was uninjured in a crash Monday after the driver became unresponsive and struck a sign at Seventh and Jefferson streets.
Roanoke Rapids police Chief Chuck Hasty said there was reason to believe the driver, Tiffany Nicole Lee, 21, was allegedly under the influence of an opioid when the crash occurred around 7 p.m.
In a statement Hasty said Lieutenant Charles Burnette responded to a call of an erratic driver heading west on Seventh Street.
When Burnette located the vehicle he and other officers found Lee unresponsive and a newborn inside.
The report is unclear whether Lee was the child’s mother.
The passenger window was broken so responders could get inside the vehicle.
EMS and firefighters administered Narcan to Lee. She declined further medical treatment after she came to.
Lee was arrested and charged with driving while impaired and child endangerment.
She received a $5,000 bond and December 1 court date.
Sergeant M. Peck, Master Officer A. Salmon and Officer Joey Spragins assisted.
Identity theft
On Monday at approximately noon, Lieutenant C.L. Vaught arrested and charged Cynthia Marie Tillery, 38, of Cockeysville, Maryland, on outstanding warrants for identity theft and obtaining property by a false pretense after she was extradited from Sussex County, Virginia.
She received a $5,000 bond and November 1 court date in Halifax County.
The charges stem from an investigation into a report filed in December of 2014.
The victim reported Tillery allegedly used their information to obtain electrical service and then failed to pay the bill.
Tillery was arrested by Virginia State Police on October 9 in Sussex County.