A 40-year-old woman was the victim of a scam this week after she received a call purporting to be from the Rocky Mount Police Department.

The woman came in the Rocky Mount Police Station on Monday to report that someone had called her claiming to be associated with the Rocky Mount police. The…

Two employees from a pizza parlor were robbed Tuesday as they were leaving the store.

The incident occurred about 3:18 a.m. Tuesday morning. Sgt Brad Summerlin of the Rocky Mount Police Department said that two employees of the Domino’s Pizza on the 100 block of Falls at Tar Court left the…

Seven men from the Twin Counties and surrounding area have been arrested by the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office as part of an ongoing effort to stem the flood of illegal opioid sales in the area, Edgecombe County Sheriff Clee Atkinson announced Monday.

“Over the past few weeks,…

Rocky Mount police are trying to find out why gunshots recently were fired into a residence in the southwest section of the city while people were inside.

The incident occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on March 13 in the 600 block of Paul Street, a police report said.

No one was injured, but a…

Rocky Mount police are reminding people not to leave valuables in their vehicles after several items were recently stolen from a minivan parked on Wesleyan Boulevard.

“Be vigilant to remove any items in plain sight,” said Sgt. Brad Summerlin, spokesman for the Rocky Mount Police…

A 29-year-old Rocky Mount woman learned a lesson about Craigslist transactions the hard way Wednesday after she was defrauded of $3,000 in a motor vehicle scam.

The woman reported to Rocky Mount police that she had attempted to buy a car on Craigslist and was told to send money to a bank account…