It was never matter of stopping searches for a man wanted in one murder and the killer of a person in another, it's just that now, with the arrest of Herman Lee “Smurf” Edwards, the Halifax County Sheriff's Office can deepen its probe into finding Jimmie Lee Mason and searching for the killer of Jeffrey Cotton.
An outburst by a defendant's mother in court Wednesday as a jury was being polled led to the mother's arrest and the arrest of the defendant, Antwaan Clanton, after he allegedly turned over a table and resisted deputies.
One of the breaks that led to the arrest of Herman Lee “Smurf” Edwards came Wednesday when the Roanoke Rapids Police Department ordered a search warrant for his girlfriend's house on Duke Street.
A call saying authorities should look in Rocky Mount led to the arrest of 29-year-old Herman Lee “Smurf” Edwards, whose uneventful apprehension took place as he was pushing a baby stroller and walking with the child's father who he befriended in Rocky Mount.
Herman Lee “Smurf” Edwards put up no resistance today as he was caught in Rocky Mount pushing a baby stroller with a baby in it, accompanied by another man.
