Halifax County Sheriff’s Deputy J. Sealey arrested a Gaston area man for larceny of his mother’s checkbook. According to a news release quoting Deputy Sealey, Bobby Dale Turner stole his mother’s checkbook and wrote several checks to three local Roanoke Rapids area businesses — Drugco, Walgreen’s and CVS/Pharmacy. Turner was charged by Deputy Sealey with 21 felonies and one misdemeanor including; seven counts of forgery of instrument, seven counts of uttering forged instrument, seven counts of obtaining property by false pretenses and one count of misdemeanor larceny. Warrants were served late Monday evening and Turner is currently under a $10,000 bond, according to Lt. P.N. Aycock.