Monday was apparently a day for brazen acts of crime in Roanoke Rapids, as police reported a 69-year-old woman was robbed of a cell phone in her pocket and another thief helped himself to a pocketbook as the victim stopped to tend to her infant child.
The city this evening recognized several employees from each department for their years of service and the fire department recognized the promotion of one of its firefighters.
Roanoke Rapids City Council this evening delayed amending its ordinance that would ban concealed handguns from all parks and recreation facilities.
A Littleton area man is in jail on $100,000 bond after allegedly intentionally crashing his car into his girlfriend's car this morning and then leading officers on a high-speed chase that ended at his home on Roper Springs Road.
A high-speed chase that began this morning at the corner of Old Farm Road and Becker Drive and ended on Roper Springs Road has landed one man in police custody.
