A 33-year-old woman was seriously assaulted Sunday as an argument with her boyfriend escalated into violence.

The woman was sitting on her porch stoop when her intoxicated boyfriend reportedly approached her about 12:45 a.m. The couple began to argue and the woman drove her boyfriend to another…

A suspect in the weekend armed robbery and theft of a van in the Twin Counties is at large after he inadvertently was let go from a hospital in Pitt County, according to a Rocky Mount police spokesman.

Montrell Lamont Whitaker, 24, was taken to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville for treatment and…

Two Rocky Mount men were apprehended on Monday after allegedly stealing a farm truck in Nash County, firing shots at farm workers, abandoning the truck in Halifax County, high-tailing away in a stolen car and going down Interstate 95, authorities said.

Kelvis Parnell Marshall, 27, and Keywanta…

Rocky Mount police said warrants are out for the arrest of a man accused of embezzling from the Domino’s Pizza in the 100 block of Falls at Tar Court just off the U.S. 64/Bevenue Road interchange.

An employee, Shane Eakes, 31, of Rocky Mount, was making deliveries but was not turning in all…

Police are investigating a case in which a house window was shot out while residents were in the home.

Classified as shooting into an occupied dwelling, the crime occurred 7:30 p.m. April 20 on the 2600 block of Blanch Lane. Damage to the window is estimated at $150.

Anyone with information about…

A 79-year-old woman was robbed and assaulted Tuesday on the 1000 block of Arlington Street. 

The woman returned home from shopping and as she got out of her car was approached by man who snatched her purse. The woman was injured slightly in the course of the encounter. The man then fled the…