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Calvin Jerome Champion now faces misdemeanor and felony animal cruelty charges along with two counts of dogfighting.
Calvin Jerome Champion now faces misdemeanor and felony animal cruelty charges along with two counts of dogfighting.
While there has been no evidence of a dog fighting ring off Maria Avenue in Roanoke Rapids, where some 30 pit bulls were discovered during a drug search warrant last week, it is clear the animals were fighting, national and local bloodsport experts said today.
The third suspect in the Information Grocery store robbery turned himself in Monday.
A Roanoke Rapids man whose death was investigated last Wednesday died from natural causes, according to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department.
Captain Andy Jackson said Reginald Weaver, 39, was found dead in his house at the intersection of Highway 48 and Highway 158.
Body armor and guns, along with marijuana and Xanax were confiscated during a traffic stop Thursday night in Roanoke Rapids.
