July 10
Around 9:30 a.m., Officer Greg Colson arrested James Lee Ashe Jr., 46, of Roanoke Rapids, on an outstanding warrant for two counts of obtaining property by false pretense.
These charges stem from an investigation conducted by Investigator J.K. Davis after the Raleigh Police Department informed him in March several money orders stolen from a business in Raleigh were cashed in Roanoke Rapids.
Ashe was given a $1,000 bond and an August 19 court date.
Around 5:30 p.m., Sergeant Mike Moseley responded to a call about a suspicious person on Old Towne Drive.
Moseley located Nathaniel Moore Jr., 25, of Roanoke Rapids.
Moseley found Moore, who matched the suspicious person description, in possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.
Moore was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He was given a $1,000 bond and an August 8 court date.
Officer Adam Salmon assisted.
July 11
Around 2 p.m., Moseley conducted a traffic stop after observing suspicious activity on Jackson Street. During the stop, the driver, Leslie Michelle Gregory, 48, of Roanoke Rapids, got out of the vehicle.
Moseley noticed pills and needles in the driver’s seat.
A search was conducted and Moseley found several baggies of heroin and more needles.
Moseley arrested and charged Gregory with possession of schedule I, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while license revoked and served an outstanding criminal summons for a worthless check. Moseley also arrested and charged the passenger, Devone Robinson, 42, of Roanoke Rapids, with possession of schedule II and possession of drug paraphernalia after finding narcotics in his possession.
Gregory was given a $3,000 bond and an August 19 court date.
Robinson was given a $2,000 bond and an August 19 court date.
Lieutenant Jeff Baggett, Master Officer Gorton Williams and Officer Jeffrey Mason assisted.
Around 3:30 p.m., Colson responded to a fraud call at Walmart.
Loss prevention told Colson Lawrence Johnny Hill Jr., 33, of Roanoke Rapids, allegedly took items from the store and returned them for money.
Colson arrested and charged Hill with obtaining property by false pretense.
Hill received a $1,000 bond and an August 19 court date.
Baggett assisted.
July 12
Around 2:30 a.m., Master Officer Roy Ball responded to a breaking and entering in progress call at Ledgerwood Field.
Ball saw two people run into a wooded area.
Lieutenant Perry Parks and Sergeant Daniel Jenkins arrived to assist.
Jenkins and his dog Pocock were able to get the people to come out of the woods and Parks took them into custody without trouble.
Two juveniles were charged with attempted breaking and entering and were taken to a juvenile detention center.
“I want the thank the concerned citizen that called this crime into law enforcement and giving great information to the 911 center so these two individuals could be taken into custody,” Hasty said. “I would also like to thank the 911 operators for passing the information along to the responding officers and the officers for their quick response and apprehension of the suspects. This is what it takes to take back our community, citizens getting involved and reporting things that are going on in their neighborhoods to their law enforcement.”
Around 9 a.m.,Colson responded to a larceny call at Walmart.
Loss prevention told communications the person in question was walking across the parking lot.
Colson located William Danny Witherspoon in the Logan’s parking lot.
Witherspoon, 35, of Roanoke Rapids, was arrested and charged with larceny, possession of stolen goods, trespassing and resisting/delaying/obstructing an officer.
Witherspoon was given a $10,000 bond and an August 8 court date.
Baggett, Officer Adam Salmon and Mason assisted.
Around 2 p.m., the department was conducting a driver’s license checking station at the intersection of Franklin and Thirteenth streets when a vehicle driven by Jeremy Donald Noll, 25, of Roanoke Rapids came through.
Mason was notified that Noll had outstanding orders for his arrest and his license was revoked.
Noll was given a $3,000 bond and an August 10 court date.
