The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following:
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•Officers responded to an assault call on Oak Street around 2:15 a.m. Sunday. Chief Jeff Hinton said a 41-year-old woman was beaten in the face by Jack Eldridge Bryant, 24, of Roanoke Rapids. Bryant was arrested yesterday afternoon at his residence on 411 Oak St. and charged with assault with deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. He was jailed under no bond. The victim was flown to Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville.
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•Officers responded to a stabbing on Southgate Drive around 11 a.m. Sunday. The victim, Donald Yellorday, 33, was stabbed during an argument with Cedric Parker. Parker allegedly stabbed Yellorday with a kitchen knife and then fled the area on foot. Warrants have been obtained for Parker’s arrest but have not been served yet.
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•Willie Tillery was arrested over the weekend for robbery. Tillery went to a man's house on Marshall Street who allegedly owed him $5. Hinton said he was armed with a handgun Tillery demanded money and assaulted the occupants of the house and then fled with the $5.