Crime Roundup: Pair charged with firearms, other crimes near Vanceboro

A man and woman were charged with illicit possession of firearms and other crimes after a search of a home in southern Pitt County near Vanceboro.

The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called about 7:20 p.m. on June 30 to assist probation and parole officers in the search of a parolee’s home at 9590 N.C. 43 South near the Craven County line. Three firearms were found during the search including one that had been reported stolen to the Greenville Police Department.

Over four grams of cocaine and a digital scale also were seized, the sheriff’s office said. Dariontre Jaquan Drew, 24, a homeless man, was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver cocaine and possess drug paraphernalia. Probation and parole officers further charged him with revocation of post-release parole.

Drew was booked into the Pitt County Detention Center under a $175,000 secured bond on the gun and drug charges and was denied bond on the revocation of parole, the sheriff’s office said. He was on parole for a Lenoir County possession of a firearm by a felon charge from June 17, 2023, of which he was convicted on Aug. 3, 2023.

Drew also has prior convictions for larceny of a motor vehicle and breaking and entering vehicles. He also was convicted of possession of a firearm by a felon in early 2019.

Tatyani Rountree, 19, of Greenville also was arrested during the June 30 search and charged with possessing a stolen firearm, possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and served an outstanding warrant from Greenville police for larceny of a firearm.

Rountree was charged with breaking or entering, larceny after breaking or entering and felony conspiracy for an earlier case from the sheriff’s office. She was booked into the detention center under a $30,000 secured bond and has since been released.

The sheriff’s office in other cases released reports with the following details and allegations:

Break-ins, thefts

3600 block N.C. 43 North, 12:45 p.m. July 2: $2,360 stolen from residence; case active.100 block Prickly Pear Drive, 2:52 p.m. July 2: two handguns valued at $1,200 stolen from residence; case active.200 block Old River Road, 3:11 p.m. July 2: black and white GMC Sierra valued at $500 stolen from residence; case active.

The Greenville Police Department has curtailed information released on public reports. Following is information that was available:

Break-ins, thefts

3200 block Moseley Drive, 5:15-5:45 a.m. July 3: Dodge Charger broken into at Eastgate Village.2735 E. 10th St., 5:19 a.m. July 3: break-in at The Campus Store.210 S.W. Greenville Blvd., 2:40 p.m. July 3: larceny at Walmart.2800 block Hop Tyson Road, 6:46 p.m. July 3: vehicle break-in at residence.

Assaults

3900 block West Vancroft Circle, 1:48 p.m. July 3: man assaulted by unknown person at residence.800 block West 14th Street, 5:54 p.m. July 3: man assaulted by neighbor at residence.1400 block Hooker Road, 7:25 p.m. July 3: man assaulted by unknown person at intersection of Horseshoe Drive.1800 block West Conley Street, 8:05 p.m. July 3: man assaulted by unknown person with blunt object.