April 16

Around 8:45 p.m, officers received information about a breaking and entering of a vehicle at Halifax Regional Medical Center.

Hospital security staff, while on routine patrol of the parking lots, found a person inside a vehicle.

When the person noticed staff the man, later identified as Cody Ryan Roundtree, 23, of Roanoke Rapids, fled.

Lieutenant Jeff Baggett, Sergeant Richard White and Officer Ryan Cross were at HRMC at the time. Roundtree was caught after a brief foot chase and charged with breaking and entering a motor vehicle and damage to property.

He was jailed on $10,000 bond and assigned an April 22 court date.

“HRMC security staff did a great job of finding this crime in progress and getting the information quickly to the Roanoke Rapids Police staff that was at the hospital so this crime could be solved so quickly,” Hasty said. “Officer Davis Cullom and Westry Thorpe are great assets that the hospital has on staff.”

April 17

Around 2:30 a.m., White and Cross responded to a domestic in the 200 block of Old Farm Road.

After investigating Cross arrested and charged D’Angelo Devonte Rawls, 16, for assault.

Rawls was jailed without the opportunity for bond due to the domestic nature of the case. He was assigned a May 8 court date.

Around 4:15 a.m., Baggett and Officer Patrick Smith responded to an assault call in the 100 block of Madison Street.

After investigating the call and Smith advising the parties what they could do legally, another disturbance took place with different people.

Smith attempted to get the parties to leave and go back inside their residences, but Elnora Gwendolyn Hayes, 40, of Roanoke Rapids, refused and continued to curse and yell at a person who was going inside.

Smith arrested and charged Hayes with intoxicated and disruptive behavior and resisting, delaying and obstructing an officer.

Hayes was given a $1,000 bond and May 8 court date.