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Robbery behind Carver St. shooting
Robbery is the motive behind a shooting that occurred on Carver Street in the Lincoln Heights community, charges filed against a Roanoke Rapids man reflect. Tyquane Johnson, 20, was arrested around 9...
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Bertie man charged in tractor-trailer B&Es
A Bertie County man with a lengthy record for credit card theft and motor vehicle break-ins has been charged with a series of tractor-trailer break-ins occurring at the North Carolina Welcome Center...
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Hyde to be honored for CAP service
A Roanoke Rapids woman will be one of two people honored Saturday at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Louisburg. Annie Stevenson Hyde, 91, a second lieutenant, and Lieutenant Colonel Clive...
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Wildfire season here
Spring wildfire season typically lasts from February through April when the air is drier and winds are stronger. Jim Short, Halifax County ranger with the North Carolina Forest Service, said to...
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Gaston robbery suspect crashes in Cedarwood
The suspect in an armed robbery in Gaston Friday night led officers on a chase that ended in Cedarwood Cemetery in Roanoke Rapids where two headstones were toppled. As of this report officers were...
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Gaston man arrested on marijuana counts
A Gaston man described as a street level dealer was arrested Thursday following a four-month investigation. Captain M.D. Deloatch Sr. of the Northampton County Sheriff's Office said the arrest of...
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Warrants issued in Sunday night robbery
Roanoke Rapids police are investigating two armed robberies that occurred over the weekend — one Sunday night and the other Friday. Sunday night Arrest warrants have been issued for Jvon Farlondon...
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Woman punched, man stabbed in Gaston
Parties in a domestic dispute Thursday morning in Gaston where the girlfriend was punched and the boyfriend was stabbed now await a first appearance in superior court. Nakeia R. Clark, 32, and Jabari...
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Canal Trail finalist in greenway competition
The chance to put the Roanoke Canal Trail on a wider map is under way. The trail is one of six nominees in the American Planning Association North Carolina Chapter's greenway division Great Places in...
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Parents report man missing
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department is looking for Anthony Logan Childers, 23, of Roanoke Rapids. Chief Chuck Hasty said Childers was reported missing by his parents on Sunday around 9 a.m. He was...
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RRPD blotter: February 7 and 8
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty: Saturday Around 3 p.m., Master Officer Mark Peck responded to Walmart for a larceny. Peck learned that...
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Task force arrests man on probation
A man on supervised probation from an earlier arrest was taken into custody today following a sting by the City County Drug Task Force. Mack Arthur Shearin, 52, was charged shortly before 1:45 this...
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Childers returns home
A man reported missing by his parents returned home Monday night, according to Roanoke Rapids police Chief Chuck Hasty. Anthony Logan Childers, 23, was reported missing by his parents on Sunday around...
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Jackson man wanted in box cutter robbery
A Jackson man has been identified as the person who allegedly pulled a box cutter on a man who gave him a ride Friday afternoon. Roanoke Rapids Police Chief Chuck Hasty said Jeffrey Brad Timberlake II,...
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Man arrested in May rape attempt
A Littleton area man was arrested Monday night for an attempted rape that occurred in May. Detective J.M. Clark of the Halifax County Sheriff's Office said Deputy Chris Boden arrested 39-year-old...
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Officials: No plans for a county rec tax
There is no effort to enact a parks and recreation tax in Halifax County, officials said today and Monday. The idea there is one comes from an advertisement published Sunday in a local newspaper by a...
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Fire destroys house in Gaston
A house in Gaston was declared a total loss following a fire early this morning that appears to be linked to a space heater placed too close to a heater. Three occupants at the house on West Hill...
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Martin wanted in second armed robbery
Jvon Martin is now wanted in a second armed robbery and Roanoke Rapids police are investigating to determine whether he could be tied to a larceny that occurred this morning. The robbery where...
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Timberlake arrested in Woodland
A Jackson man who allegedly pulled a box cutter on a man who gave him a ride Friday was arrested Tuesday. Detective Bobby Martin of the Roanoke Rapids Police Department said Jeffrey Brad Timberlake II...
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Martin in custody
Jvon Martin was taken into custody this morning and was being held without the opportunity for bond for a parole violation and was assigned a $500,000 bond for charges filed against him for two armed...
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