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Details: Lance Martin; News; 11 August 2010; 1382

The Weldon Police Department is still waiting for new leads and tracking old leads in the theft of guns from an armory at Halifax Community College where basic law enforcement training weapons were stored.

Lieutenant James Avens said the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is involved in the investigation.

The crime most likely occurred sometime between Friday night, July 23, and Monday morning, July 26.

Police have declined to disclose the number of weapons taken. Forced entry was used to get the weapons.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the police department at 252-536-3136 or Halifax County Crimestoppers at 252-583-4444.

Details: Lance Martin; News; 10 August 2010; 1185

The city honored two employees tonight, one for diffusing a potentially harmful situation and the other for reaching a law enforcement milestone.

Details: Lance Martin; News; 10 August 2010; 1136

ms consultants was chosen as the engineering firm to begin studies to see where a proposed solid waste transfer station will be built.
The engineering firm will do site selection, preliminary design work and final design of the site, according to a letter from William Dreitzler, North Carolina operations and technical manager for the company.

Details: Lance Martin; News; 10 August 2010; 1115

Lafayette Gatling’s debt to the city is approaching the $500,000 mark as payments on the Roanoke Rapids Theatre continue to go unpaid and a confrontation in court looms.

Details: Lance Martin; News; 10 August 2010; 2084

Parker, left, and Mayo

The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office has notified the department of Social Services about the four-year-old who was killed Monday night when an improperly stored gun was accidentally discharged by another child.