Nashville
CRIME & SAFETY
Sheriff's Office: More than a few motorists speeding on US 64
On a hot early Monday evening, Cpl. Rashawn Harris of the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office stood on the overpass of the U.S. 64 interchange for Kingsboro Road and demonstrated how his service-issued speed measurement device works. Within minutes, Harris confirmed that a westbound U.S. 64 motorist was driving 91 mph in what is a 70 mph zone. “Out here, 91 is, like, every day,” Harris said of the numbers of...
Felon faces up to 15 years in prison for gun possession
A Nashville man is facing a maximum of 15 years in federal prison after being convicted Thursday by a jury in U.S. District Court for possession of a firearm by a felon. In May 2023, Nashville police stopped John Simmons II, 34, for disregarding a vehicle barricade set up in the evening for the Nashville Blooming Festival, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release Friday. Simmons was on...
Tarboro man arrested on first degree murder charges
TARBORO, N.C. (WNCT) — Officers with the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Princeville man on Monday for first degree murder. The Sheriff’s Office received a call at 3 a.m. on Sunday that multiple people had been shot on Branchwood Lane in Tarboro. Once police arrived they found two people deceased and one injured. The […]
Luther Barbour is badly cut.
Wilson Daily Times, 3 September 1912. Rosa Tyson danced with a man at a party at Odd Fellows Hall. Luther Barbour, her boyfriend, threatened her and knocked her down. Tyson got up with a knife and began stabbing Barbour. She was arrested, charged with an unspecified crime, and jailed after failing to give a one hundred dollar bond. Barbour, though bloodied, was “not seriously hurt” and apparently was not charged with anything.
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