The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Shane Guyant:

On Sunday around 9 p.m. and on January 16 around 3:15 a.m. two men were seen trespassing, vandalizing and littering at the city’s public library.

The vandalism took the form of turning the water on and letting it run into the parking lot.

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The men Sunday drove up in a Ford Expedition.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the police department at 252-533-2810 or Crimestoppers at this link

Larceny suspect

Today around 9 a.m. a man wanted for a January 9 larceny at a business on Smith Church Road was captured.

Officer L. Balmer noticed Linnie Cashman Sykes walking from the porch of a Chockoyotte Street residence toward a vehicle.  

When Sykes noticed Balmer driving into the driveway he hurriedly went back in the house.  When officers asked permission to search the house a woman said he had run out the back door.  

As officers mentioned getting a search warrant to search the house Sykes came from inside and surrendered.

Sykes was jailed without the opportunity for bond due to another pending larceny which occurred on October 31.

In the January 9 larceny Sykes left the business without paying. He has been charged with misdemeanor larceny. He has a February 9 court date for that charge and a February 2 court date for misdemeanor larceny and possession of stolen goods.