A 30-year-old man was beaten in the parking lot of a local motel Saturday night, according to Roanoke Rapids police.
Public tips helped the Halifax County Sheriff's Office and Roanoke Rapids Police Department locate and arrest 21-year-old Seqwaun Hawkins today.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department continues its investigation into a theft at Bone's Toyota Quality Buick GMC in which three high end technical items were stolen last October.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department is looking for a man wanted for a common law robbery in December.
Roanoke Rapids police today charged a Seaboard in the Village Grocery armed robberies and one breaking and entering case that occurred in the downtown area.
Roanoke Rapids police are investigating a shooting that occurred on Carter Street where the victim was shot in the right knee and right buttocks.
Roanoke Rapids police have reopened the 1998 murder case of James “Peanut” Woodley, hoping a renewed investigation may bring in new leads.
Dudley Lamar Kee and James Keith Nelson, two men charged in a February 18 murder in Raleigh, were no strangers to Roanoke Rapids police.
A Tuesday night traffic stop initiated by a state Highway Patrol trooper in the city limits of Roanoke Rapids resulted in charges being lodged by city police for a stolen gun and drugs.
A February 14 armed robbery in the parking lot of Becker Village Mall remains under investigation by Roanoke Rapids police.
