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The city will begin using inmate labor by Nov. 1 after council passed a resolution allowing their use tonight.
The city will begin using inmate labor by Nov. 1 after council passed a resolution allowing their use tonight.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following:
• On Saturday officers responded to Roanoke Valley Motor Sports on Julian R. Allsbrook Highway. Chief Jeff Hinton said a Yamaha generator was stolen on Oct. 8. Value of generator is $900.
• On Sunday officers responded to a report of a break-in at Java Junction on Roanoke Avenue. More than $400 in cash was taken from the office. It is unclear how entry was gained.
• On Saturday officers responded to a report of four-wheeler stolen from Smith Church Road. The chain securing the vehicle was cut and the value of the vehicle is $1,200.
• On Saturday around 9:30 a.m. officers responded to a wreck at 10th street and Park Avenue.
Ronald Grant III of Roanoke Rapids was charged with failing to decrease speed to avoid a collision. He was operating a 2008 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and collided with a 1996 Dodge driven by Annetta Sandeford of Roanoke Rapids. Grant was taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center for treatment
A local couple is facing felony charges after allegedly extorting more than $100,000 from an elderly Rich Square woman.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department is looking for a man who allegedly shot into a vehicle at Creekside Court Sunday.
Two men are being sought in a Sunday shooting that has left a Roanoke Rapids woman in stable condition with gunshot wounds to her chest and arm, the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office reported.
