Investigators with the Halifax County Sheriff's Office are assembling clues in a murder that occurred late Monday night in an area near P&J Mobile Home Park outside Roanoke Rapids off Highway 48.
Jessie Wayne Newton, Sr. 66, died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at his home.
Chuck Hasty, currently a captain with the Northampton County Sheriff's Office, has been named police chief of Roanoke Rapids.
Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday there will be another designated national shopping day this weekend — Small Business Saturday.
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