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Mark Reber, the man taken into custody following a Tuesday evening standoff in which his mother was a hostage, will be charged with second-degree kidnapping, according to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department.
Mark Reber, the man taken into custody following a Tuesday evening standoff in which his mother was a hostage, will be charged with second-degree kidnapping, according to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department.
Charges are pending against a 54-year-old man who held his mother hostage at their house on Old Farm Road this evening.
A man who held his mother hostage in a bedroom and live-streamed the ordeal on Facebook was taken to a hospital for mental evaluation and his mother was not harmed.
A joint investigation between the sheriff’s offices of Halifax and Nash counties led to a traffic stop Sunday in which three arrests were made and 6,500 bindles of heroin were seized.
With the planning board recommending approval at its meeting last week, a public hearing on the proposed rezoning of 1.95 acres of land goes to city council for its consideration at its February 5 meeting.
