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Crime Roundup: man charged after daughter found drowning, injured in Farmville bathtub
A Jacksonville man was charged with two separate counts of child abuse after his 10-month-old daughter was found in a tub suffering a skull fracture. Pitt County court documents said that on Tuesday Farmville police charged Richard Lee Williams, 39, of 250 Bishop Drive, Jacksonville, with intentional child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury and negligent child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. The arrest was made on July 20 and he was charged on Tuesday. ...
Three more charged, further details emerge about Mills Road shootout
Three Winterville men have been charged in connection to a June shootout in southeastern Pitt County that was connected to a robbery in Greenville earlier that day, law enforcement and court documents said. Tyion Jacque Harrell, 18, Cameron Amani Thames, 18, and Dontaivon Tymere Waller, 20, have been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and felony conspiracy in connection to a June 30 shooting in the 2300 block of Mills Road, the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office reported. ...
Motorcyclist killed in crash with car in Winterville
WINTERVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - A motorcycle driver is dead following an accident Wednesday night. Winterville police say that it happened at the intersection of Highway 11 and Central Park Drive around 8:50. Police say a 17-year-old driver of a 2013 Ford Fiesta was turning left from Highway 11 onto Central...
DWI Roundup: Man charged after driving into Bell Arthur ditch
A Greenville man was charged with driving while impaired after he drove his vehicle into a ditch in southwestern Pitt County. At 10:55 p.m. July 22, the State Highway Patrol responded to an unspecified stretch of Bell Arthur Road where a 1994 Lincoln passenger car had crossed the center line and careened off the left side of the roadway into a ditch. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Kevondrae Alstevenson Key Walton, 26, of 1827 Fred Drive, Greenville. ...
Owner speaks out after Greenville body shop ravaged by suspected arson
GREENVILLE, Pitt County — A Greenville body shop sustained major damage in a fire on Wednesday, July 24 that investigators believe was intentionally set. Investigators with Greenville Police say the fire at Komplete Auto Repair & Bodyshop started in the office and was ruled intentional. Police say they have a person of interest in the case but would not elaborate further. Now, the owners are here to salvage whatever is left.
Authorities say Greenville auto shop fire was intentional
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Firefighters say a blaze that destroyed a Greenville auto shop was intentionally set and Greenville police say they do have a person of interest. Crews were called to Komplete Auto Repair on Spruce Street around 6:00 a.m. Battalion Chief Bryant Beddard says two dozen firefighters battled...
Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office looking for missing person, wanted for larceny
TARBORO, N.C. (WNCT) — The Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect in the larceny of a motor vehicle. Lisa Michelle Jenkins is wanted on the charge. The vehicle she is suspected to be driving is a gray 2019 Dodge Charger SXT. The NC registration plate is TMB-1414. The car will most likely […]
21 complete law enforcement training
TARBORO — Twenty-one cadets graduated from Edgecombe Community College’s 14th Basic Academy of Basic Law Enforcement Training on July 2. The graduation ceremony featured comments by Zami McDuffie, platoon leader of the 14th Basic Academy. Graduates and their agencies are: • Dylan Ballard, Goldsboro Police Department • Emanuel Boyd, Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office • Payton Brown, Murfreesboro Police Department • […] The post 21 complete law enforcement training first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in Snow Hill
SNOW HILL, N.C. (WNCT) — A pedestrian was struck in Snow Hill on Wednesday night. Snow Hill Fire Department and GCEMS responded to 707 Hwy 258 North due to a report of a hit pedestrian. GCEMS applied a tourniquet on the patient before transporting them to ECU Health. Fire units assisted law enforcement with traffic […]
Man jailed on second-degree murder charge
A man is being held in the Edgecombe County Detention Center on a charge of second-degree murder, authorities said. Artayia Cooper, 48, is accused of fatally shooting another man nearly eight months ago at a motorcycle club just southeast of downtown Rocky Mount, city police said in a statement Monday afternoon. After an investigation, Cooper was identified as the suspect in the death of Donald Joseph, 55, police said, and...
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