At approximately 2:30 p.m., Lieutenant C.L. Vaught responded to a larceny call at Walmart.
When Vaught arrived, he saw a person later identified as Junior Devon Williams, 33, in the parking lot. Williams attempted to run away but was caught after a brief chase.
Vaught detained Williams and loss prevention reported he took items from the store.
Vaught charged Williams with habitual larceny, two counts of trespassing and defeating an anti-theft device.
He received a $5,000 bond and May 18 court date.
Master Officer Gerald Morris and officers Natara Velazquez and Patrick Smith assisted.
At approximately 8:30 p.m., Sergeant Mike Moseley responded to a careless and reckless driver call at Woodland Road and Northside Drive.
While attempting to locate the vehicle, he received a call a vehicle was in the backyard of a residence on River Road.
Moseley located the vehicle and the driver, Devon McCrae Harding, 25, of Garysburg, and determined he was impaired.
Moseley arrested and charged Harding, who was released to a responsible person until his May 9 court date, with driving while impaired.
Lieutenant Jeff Baggett assisted.
Saturday April 9, 2016
At approximately 1 a.m. Officer Dale Strickland responded to a call of suspicious activity in the back alley of the 100 blocks of Madison and Monroe streets.
While in the area, officers located Sejuan Dajour Pitt, 18, of Roanoke Rapids. During a search officers located drugs in his possession.
Pitt, who was released until his May 6 court date, was cited for possession of schedule VI.
Baggett and Master Officer Adam Salmon assisted.
At approximately 4:30 a.m., Officer Jeffrey Mason responded to a trespasser call at Walmart.
Mason located Michael Linn Fleming, 52, who had been warned in the past about being on the property, inside.
Mason arrested and charged Fleming, who received a $750 bond and May 13 court date, with trespassing.
At approximately 5 a.m., Strickland responded to a disturbance call in which a person was making threats to shoot the caller.
The call occurred in the 500 block of Vance Street.
Strickland and Salmon located James E. Bynum Jr., 50, of Raleigh, standing in the roadway.
When officers approached to check to see whether Bynum was armed, he put his hands in his pockets and refused to take them out.
Strickland arrested and charged Bynum with resist/delay/obstruct an officer. He received a $750 bond and May 13 court date.
At approximately 3:15 p.m., Velazquez responded to a larceny call at Belk.
Loss prevention reported Martavius Javon Clement, 18, of Roanoke Rapids, concealed items while inside the store.
Velazquez arrested and charged Clements with removal of anti-theft device and shoplifting.
He received a $2,000 bond and May 4 court date.
Sergeant Mark Peck and Morris assisted.
At approximately 6 p.m., Morris and Velazquez responded to a larceny call at Walmart.
Halifax Central advised the suspect left on a vehicle, which Officer Ryan cross located at Henry Street.
The driver, Peiter Traas, 55, of Roanoke Rapids, was arrested and charged with larceny, possession of stolen goods, possession of schedule VI, possession of drug paraphernalia and no operator’s license.
He received a $1,000 bond and May 6 court date.
Officers Patrick Smith and Joey Spragins assisted with the traffic stop.
At approximately 11:45 p.m., Moseley and Mason responded to a residential breaking and entering call in the 200 block of Chockoyotte Street.
When officers arrived, Curtis Mack McGee, 54, of Roanoke Rapids, came out of the residence, and Mason detained him.
After further investigation Mason charged McGee, who received a $750 bond and May 13 court date, with breaking and entering.
Baggett and Officer Duane Daniels assisted.
Sunday April 10, 2016
At approximately 1:15 a.m., Baggett responded to a disturbance call in the Forest Hills Shopping Center parking lot.
Baggett located Christian Graham Mitchell, 43, of Roanoke Rapids.
Mitchell told Baggett several people chased and threatened him because he spoke to one of their friends.
Baggett located one of the accused and as he tried to identify them to back his story, Mitchell became aggressive toward the person and began yelling and cursing.
Officers warned Mitchell and allowed him to walk away to go home when he began kicking a fence and started cursing.
Baggett arrested and charged Mitchell with intoxicated and disruptive. He received a $1,000 bond and June 10 court date.
Moseley and Strickland assisted.
At approximately 5 a.m., officers Alex Green and Strickland responded to a noise complaint in the 400 block of Oak Street.
They noticed several occupied cars parked and the odor of marijuana coming from one.
Green arrested and charged Sammy Lee Reed Jr., 28, of Roanoke Rapids, with possession of schedule VI and carrying a concealed weapon.
He received a $1,000 bond and May 13 court date.
Baggett and Mason assisted.
At approximately 2:15 p.m., Velazquez responded to a larceny call at Walmart.
Loss prevention reported Cody Lawrence Hurdle, 19, of Jackson, took items.
Velazquez cited Hurdle for larceny and possession of stolen goods. He was released until his May 6 court date.
Morris assisted.
Monday April 11, 2016
At approximately 12:12 p.m. the Roanoke Rapids Police Department received information on the location of Rodney Lee Miles II, 25, of Roanoke Rapids.
Miles was wanted by the state of Pennsylvania and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with two outstanding orders for arrest.
Miles was taken into custody by City County Task Force agents Daniel Hundley, Cory Dixon, patrol Lieutenant Bruce Norton and patrol Officer Jason Williams at a residence in the 100 block of Madison Street without trouble.
Miles was held without opportunity for bond and has a June 6 court date.
At approximately 1:15 p.m., Officer Chris Biggerstaff responded to a larceny call at Walmart.
Loss prevention reported Derrick Lashaun Vincent, 20, took items, concealed them and tried to return them for a refund.
Biggerstaff arrested and charged Vincent with attempting to obtain property by false pretense and shoplifting-concealment of merchandise.
He received a $1,000 bond and May 18 court date.
Officer Matt Hunsucker assisted.
At approximately 3:30 p.m., Williams responded to a call about suspicious activity in the Roanoke Avenue Food Lion parking lot.
Williams located Elliot Jermaine High, 31, of Gaston, in a vehicle in the parking lot and learned High had an outstanding warrant from Northampton County for common law robbery.
High, who received a $2,000 bond and April 28 court date, was taken into custody without trouble.
At approximately 8 p.m., Moseley responded to a custody dispute at Chockoyotte Park.
While Moseley was talking to a person about the custody issue, Howard Owen Chambers, 34, of Roanoke Rapids, assaulted another person in the officer's presence.
Moseley arrested and charged Chambers, who received a $500 bond and May 13 court date, with assault.
Tuesday April 12, 2016
At approximately 1:45 p.m., Hunsucker responded to a larceny call at Walmart.
Loss prevention reported Marvin Scott Lewis, 24, of Halifax, took items from the store on Monday and Tuesday.
Hunsucker arrested and charged Scott with two counts of larceny, two counts of possession of stolen goods, three counts of trespassing and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Scott received an $800 bond and April 22 court date.
At approximately 4:30 p.m., Biggerstaff responded to a fraud call at the post office.
The postmaster reported Jonte Andrel Holliday, 29, of Brooklyn, New York, attempted to cash a counterfeit money order.
Biggerstaff arrested and charged Holliday with attempting to obtain property by false pretense, forgery of an instrument, and possession of a counterfeit instrument.
He received a $50,000 bond and May 18 court date.
Captain B.L. Martin, Investigator J.K. Davis and the postal inspector assisted.
Wednesday April 13, 2016
At approximately 2 a.m., Cross and Officer Joey Spragins responded to a disturbance call at Dublin Court and Nelson Drive.
Officers located Darius Jaquan Robertson, 24, of Roanoke Rapids, in the area and discovered he had an outstanding order for arrest.
Robertson was taken into custody and received a $775 bond and April 20 court date.
At approximately 4:15 p.m., Sergeant Terrence Tyler and Biggerstaff arrested Terrick Anthony Hyman, 16, of Roanoke Rapids, on an outstanding warrant for going armed to the terror of the public.
Hyman was allegedly in the 100 block of Madison Street armed with a gun, waving it around and pointing it.
He received a $10,000 bond.
Thursday April 14, 2016
At approximately 1:45 p.m., Biggerstaff arrested Andrew Christian Corbett, 23, of Roanoke Rapids, on outstanding warrants for obtaining property by false pretense, larceny, possession of stolen goods and violation of a domestic violence ex-parte order.
The obtaining property by false pretense, larceny and possession charges stem from an investigation by Smith. On Tuesday the victim reported Corbett took a cellphone and sold it to another business.
Corbett received a $5,000 bond and June 3 court date.
Martin and Norton assisted.
