Roanoke Valley law enforcement reported the following:
Roanoke Rapids Police Department
Lieutenant Morgan Worrell reported that on Saturday a Roanoke Rapids woman was charged with attempted murder following a call of shots fired February 8 around 2 a.m. at an establishment off East Tenth Street.
The shooting was in response to an earlier altercation between the woman charged, Meoshia Perry, and another woman, Priscilla Terry.
Perry mugshot from Halifax County Detention Center
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When officers arrived they began speaking to witnesses and learned that one woman had been in possession of a weapon while intoxicated. They charged Terry, 43, of Roanoke Rapids on a state citation of that count.
Further investigation showed that Terry did not fire her gun, but that Perry, 34, fired into Terry’s vehicle striking it multiple times.
Perry was jailed without the opportunity for bond and remains in the Halifax County Detention Center.
She has a February 27 district court date for the February 8 shooting and an April 16 district court date for speeding and an open container.
Halifax County Sheriff’s Office
Major Anzell Harris reported that on Friday the HCSO received information that William Neal Montgomery, a sex offense absconder from Georgia, might be in the area.
Lieutenant J. Lyles emailed the information to deputies.
Part-time Deputy C.T. Hasty, who was off-duty, saw a man fitting the description at Walmart and contacted Lieutenant R. White. Hasty kept an eye on the man while Deputy I. Miller and White were on the way to the area.
Montgomery was located near the grocery entrance of the store and was taken into custody by Miller, White and Captain A. Cash.
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Montgomery was transported to the Halifax County Magistrate’s Office where a fugitive order was obtained.
Montgomery remains in the Halifax County Detention Center without the opportunity for bond and has a district court date Tuesday to determine extradition.
According to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry Montgomery was convicted of cruelty to children in October of 1996 and was registered in June of 2006.
His last residence verification had been on December 18 of last year.
