At approximately 3 a.m., Officer Alex Green conducted a traffic stop for a violation on Jackson Street near Eleventh and spoke with the driver, Shaylin Paige Carter, 19, of Roanoke Rapids.
The officer noticed several open containers of alcohol inside the vehicle and during a search found drug paraphernalia.
Green cited Carter for possession of open container, possession of alcohol, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving the wrong way on a street. She was released until her July 11 court date.
Lieutenant Jeff Baggett assisted.
At approximately 2:30 p.m., Officer Jamie Hardy responded to a larceny call at Food Lion on Julian R. Allsbrook Highway.
Staff told Halifax Central the woman, later identified as Brooke Edwards Pooley, 32, of Weldon, was leaving the parking lot.
Hardy charged Pooley with larceny, possession of stolen goods, driving while license revoked and revoked registration. She received a $500 bond and June 17 court date.
Lieutenant Perry Parks, Master Officer Roy Ball and Investigator J.K. Davis assisted.
At approximately 9:30 p.m., Officer Chris Biggerstaff conducted a traffic stop for a violation in the 1000 block of Roanoke Avenue.
Biggerstaff determined the driver, Tapikia Latricia Johnson, 39, of Roanoke Rapids, was impaired. Biggerstaff arrested and charged Johnson, who was released to a responsible person and assigned a May 27 court date, with driving while impaired.
Master Officer Adam Salmon assisted.
Saturday May 21, 2016
At approximately 3 a.m., Officer Matt Hunsucker and Biggerstaff responded to a call of a motor vehicle hitting a house at East Seventh Street near Holly Road.
Biggerstaff located Carlos Demetrius Crawford, 29, of Roanoke Rapids, walking from the side of the house and detained him.
Biggerstaff checked the area Crawford came from and found a gun on the ground.
Hunsucker charged Crawford with possession of a firearm by a felon, driving while license revoked, careless/reckless driving and exceeding safe speed for weather conditions.
He received a $3,000 bond and has a June 15 court date.
Sergeant Terrence Tyler and Officer Jason Williams assisted.
At approximately noon, Ball responded to a larceny and fraud call at Walmart.
Loss prevention reported Billy Ray Whitby Jr., 42, of Roanoke Rapids, took items and returned them to get a refund.
Ball arrested and charged Whitby with larceny, possession of stolen goods, trespassing and obtaining property by false pretense.
He was also served with an outstanding order for arrest.
Whitby received a $7,500 bond and June 15 court date.
At approximately 2:30 p.m., Officer Greg Colson responded to a breaking and entering of a storage building at Signature Healthcare.
Staff recognized Justin Roger Nowell, 32, of Roanoke Rapids, and reported he put items taken from the building in a vehicle, but when confronted took them out and fled.
Officers set up a perimeter and Ball located and detained him for Colson.
Colson arrested and charged Nowell with breaking/entering, possession of stolen property and larceny. During the investigation officers found a backpack he reportedly threw down. Upon inspection, there was an unknown inside as well as paraphernalia. A test identified the substance as cocaine.
Nowell was also arrested Sunday for possession of schedule II and possession of drug paraphernalia. He received a $6,000 bond for the breaking and entering and $5,000 bond for the drug charges.
He has a June 15 court date.
Parks, Hardy and Officer Scott Blythe assisted.
At approximately 4:15 p.m., Parks responded to a larceny call at Walmart.
Loss prevention told Halifax Central three females took items from the store and were leaving on a vehicle.
Parks spotted the vehicle and stopped it on Julian R. Allsbrook Highway near I-95.
The occupants of the vehicle were identified as the driver, Kyasia Khalilah Edwards Spencer, 18; Tonisha Tonae Mayo, 17; and a 14-year-old juvenile from Garysburg.
Parks arrested and charged Edwards and Mayo, both of Weldon, with larceny and possession of stolen goods.
They received $1,000 bonds and June 3 court dates.
The juvenile was released to a responsible person and will be petitioned to court for larceny and possession of stolen goods.
Ball, Hardy and Colson assisted.
At approximately 9:30 p.m., Master Officer Jonathan Benthall responded to a hit and run on Premier Boulevard.
Tyler and Biggerstaff located the vehicle in question and its driver, Raheem Dieha Ausby, 19, of Weldon, in the parking lot of KFC.
Benthall determined several cars were struck in the Walmart parking lot and also determined Ausby was impaired.
Benthall arrested and charged him with driving while impaired, open container, resisting/delaying/obstructing an officer, child abuse, no operators license, hit and run, careless/reckless driving, possession of schedule VI and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Ausby received a $3,500 bond and July 22 court date.
Williams assisted.
At approximately 9:40 p.m., Baggett conducted a traffic stop for a violation on East Tenth Street.
Baggett spoke with the driver, Jermain Reshaun Clark, 21, of Roanoke Rapids, about the reason for the stop.
Clark reportedly admitted there was a gun inside the vehicle under the seat.
Baggett had Clark step out and secured the gun.
During a search of the vehicle narcotics were found.
Baggett cited Clark for a seat belt violation, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of schedule VI.
Clark was released until his July 8 court date.
Lieutenant C.L. Vaught and Investigator Chris Babb assisted.
Sunday May 22, 2016
At approximately 6:15 p.m., Officer Natara Velazquez arrested Trenton Ray Strickland, 22, of Roanoke Rapids, on outstanding warrants for larceny, possession of stolen goods, and two counts of credit card fraud.
The charges stem from an investigation by Investigator Gorton Williams when on May 14 the victim reported their debit card was stolen and used at ATM’s for withdrawals.
Williams developed Strickland as the alleged suspect and obtained warrants.
He received a $16,000 bond and June 15 court date.
Police are investigating a report of shots fired into a residence in the 800 block of Vance Street.
The department received the call about 11:45 p.m.
Tyler found an unoccupied residence was struck multiple times.
Witnesses reported shots were fired from a dark-colored vehicle.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Babb at 252-533-2810 or Crimestoppers at 252-583-4444.
