A vehicle traveling down the highway with no headlights caught the attention of Halifax County Sheriff's Office Community Action Team Sergeant G. Martin Tuesday night around 10 and resulted in the arrests of two people.
Major Anzell Harris said the arrests of Joshua Burnell, 41, of Halifax, and the driver, Shaquille Lawrence, 31, of Roanoke Rapids, occurred while the CAT was conducting a saturated patrol in the Highway 158 area.
Martin noticed Burnell, a back seat passenger, reaching underneath a seat with a white paper in his hand dumping what Harris said appeared to be cocaine on the floor of the vehicle.
In the gallery from left, Burnell and Lawrence
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Community Action Team Sergeant D. Harrison and Patrol Sergeant A. Wood arrived to assist.
During the search cocaine and a digital scale was seized.
Burnell was arrested and charged with felony possession of cocaine, destroying criminal evidence, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Burnell received a May 22 district court date and a $5,000 bond.
Lawrence was charged with failure to burn headlamps and failure to wear a seatbelt. He was also arrested on an outstanding warrant obtained in April by the Roanoke Rapids Police Department for felony larceny by employee.
Lawrence received a May 22 district court date and a $2,000 bond.
