Crime Roundup: Man charged with attempted murder in mother's assault

A Greenville man was arrested Monday morning after police said he choked and beat his mother at their Rollins Drive home.

An incident report from the Greenville Police Department said officers responded about 7:03 a.m. to a domestic disturbance at 200 Rollins Drive, near Greenville's Convention District and the intersection of Memorial Drive with Greenville Boulevard.

On the scene officers discovered that a resident of the home, Robert Zachery Thomas, 34, had allegedly choked his mother, 70, and repeatedly punched her, a spokeswoman for the department said.

Thomas was arrested on the spot and charged with attempted first-degree murder and assault by strangulation. He was booked into the Pitt County Detention Center where he remains under a $225,000 secured bond.

Thomas has a prior felony conviction for stalking from a Pitt County incident on Nov. 30, 2019.

GREENVILLE

The police department has curtailed information available on public reports. Following is information that was available:

Break-ins, thefts

210 S.W. Greenville Blvd., 4:36 p.m. Sept. 2: larceny at Walmart.

PITT COUNTY

The Pitt County Sheriff's Office released reports with the following details and allegations:

Break-ins, thefts

1600 block Ivy Road, 6 a.m. Sept. 2-6 a.m. Sept. 3: break-in at residence. Shoes valued at $100, electronics valued at $500 stolen; case active.3800 block N.C. 222, 9:51 a.m. Sept. 3: handgun valued at $350 stolen from residence; case active.1200 block Hemlock Drive, 1 p.m. Aug. 1-4 p.m. Sept. 2: fraud in the amount of $4,850 reported; case active.1200 block Windham Road, 3:14 p.m. Sept. 3: handgun valued at $500 stolen from residence; case active.