The Halifax County Sheriff's Office is investigating several vandalism reports on Mobley Street near West 10th Street, between the hours of 11 p.m. Friday and 1 a.m. Saturday. Windows were broken, tires were damaged and property was spray painted.
Major Bruce Temple said in a press release the sheriff's office had a complaint where a white Monte Carlo was driving in the area of nearby Wedgewood Drive shooting a gun. It is not known if the two are related.
If anyone has information about these cases please call Crimestoppers 252-583-4444.
A Halifax man is dead after his brother crashed into a utility pole and stop sign in the town limits of Weldon Saturday night, police Chief Mark Macon said.
When officers arrived, Jonathan James Brown, 21, of Weldon, was holding his brother in his arms and crying, apologizing for what he allegedly did, Macon said this morning.
Brown’s brother, 19-year-old Jeremy Lemuel Harvey, of Halifax, was ejected from the vehicle following the crash, which occurred around 10:27 p.m. at the intersection of Elm and Sixth streets in town.
The crash occurred when Brown, along with Harvey and Willie Ray Pittman Jr. of Weldon, were coming back from the county.
Macon said Brown was allegedly driving the vehicle approximately 67 mph in a 25 mph zone when the vehicle crossed the center line, struck a utility pole with a transformer on it, splitting the pole, and then knocking down a stop sign. The crash knocked power out for a period of time.
The vehicle rolled over once, ejecting Harvey and then landed upright. Witnesses told police the engine compartment began smoking and it became engulfed in flames as officers arrived.
Brown and Pittman got out of the car safely but Pittman sustained a broken arm, collar bone and had bones broken in his chest.
The police department charged Brown with DWI, careless and reckless driving, driving while license revoked and driving left of center.
The police department planned to meet with the District Attorney’s office today and more charges are expected.
Brown was released from custody on a written promise to appear in court due to a medical condition he received in the crash.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following:
•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.
•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.
•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.
Two men charged in the July 24 Weldon Produce armed robbery now face charges in a July 15 break-in on Elm Street in Weldon, the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Detective Doug Pilgreen charged Raymond Mills, 19, and Tyrell Brack, 18, both of the Weldon area, for felony breaking and entering and felony larceny after breaking and entering.
On July 15 deputies responded to a residence on Elm Street in the Weldon area where a television was stolen.
Brack was placed in jail under a $5,000 bond and Mills under a $3,000 bond. Both men have Sept. 23 court dates.
Brack and Mills were arrested last week along with James Tyreese Webb, 24, and Jessie Webb, 48, in the Weldon Produce armed robbery on July 24.
The armed robbery occurred at 11 a.m. at the company located at 113 Maple St. Two people entered the building, one of them carrying a gun, and demanded money. The men left the company with an undisclosed amount of money.
The Weldon Police Department has been investigating the case since the robbery and was able to make arrests last week.
Jessie Webb, an employee of the company, was charged with conspiracy to armed robbery while the other men were charged with armed robbery. While only two of the men allegedly went inside, a third man served as lookout.
Mills was already in jail charged with other crimes including break-ins at Weldon City Schools, a case which remains under investigation.
The daughter of a Lake Gaston couple shot last week is off a ventilator at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville, the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said this morning.
The case into the shooting of the girl, the daughter of Barry Holmquist and Keisha Harper, of Myrick Estates in the Littleton area, remains under investigation, Lt. Bobby Martin said.
While the girl’s condition has been upgraded, she remains in the intensive care unit, Martin said,
recovering from surgery to repair wounds sustained from a single gunshot wound to the abdomen Aug. 22.
Martin declined to elaborate on details of the case until the investigation is completed.
