The United States Attorney’s Office said in a motion filed Wednesday that it requests a 30-day extension to file a response to Omar Daquan Ponton’s request to withdraw his guilty plea for distribution of 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
A lawsuit filed by a former police chief against the city of Roanoke Rapids and City Manager Kelly Traynham was voluntarily dismissed with prejudice Wednesday, according to court records.
A Seaboard mother and daughter remain in custody after they were charged Monday for allegedly carrying 80 grams of heroin in a vehicle that was also occupied by a 3-year-old.
Weldon town commissioners voted Tuesday to move forward with an application to the North Carolina ABC Commission for a permit that would allow a social district within designated areas of the town.
A Roanoke Rapids man faces a felony charge and remains held without bond following an early morning domestic assault investigation this morning, according to Major Anzell Harris of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office.
