The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office reported the following, according to Major Anzell Harris:
Deputies today responded to an address on Airbase Road for an assault that had occurred.
Genoris Leon Davis, 45, of Roanoke Rapids assaulted the victim with blunt objects and refused to let them leave the residence.
Deputy K. Tillery arrested and charged Davis with kidnapping, assault with deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence and resisting a public officer.
Davis received a January 23 district court date and was jailed without the opportunity for bond.
The victim was taken to a local medical facility for treatment.
Sergeant P. Rackley assisted.
Gun charge
This morning before 1 Deputy J. Velez and narcotics Sergeant K. Taylor were patrolling the area of Highway 158 near Highway 48 when they noticed a vehicle with an obstructed registration plate.
Velez conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle in the parking lot of a local supermarket on Roanoke Avenue. The driver was identified as Jermaine Lamont Hale, 38, and the passenger as Derrick Marquette Newell, 39. Both men are from Roanoke Rapids.
Newell got out of the vehicle and attempted to walk inside the business, disobeying commands to stop.
Velez and Taylor attempted to detain Newell and a brief struggle ensued. While Newell was resisting deputies, Hale fled on foot away from the traffic stop.
Other deputies arrived in the area and located Hale and took him into custody. During a search of the vehicle, a handgun was located under the front passenger seat.
A criminal history check determined Newell was a convicted felon.
Velez arrested and charged Newell with possession of a firearm by felon and resisting a public officer.
Newell, who has a February 17 superior court for being a habitual felon, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and assault on a female, was jailed without the opportunity for bond and has a January 23 district court date.
Hale was arrested and charged with resisting a public officer. He received a January 15 district court date and a $2,000 bond.
