Rocky Mount News

A Rocky Mount man was accused this week of twice raping a homeless woman. The 20-year-old victim told authorities Roosevelt Lonnell Horne, 32, raped her Wednesday in his home on the 300 block of Sunset Avenue.

Here's a look at the 24 unsolved homicides committed in Rocky Mount since 1977. The list does not include suspicious deaths in which no cause of death has been determined.

A Rocky Mount man is in critical condition after being shot early Saturday morning.

A 47-year-old Rocky Mount man was in critical condition after two men shot him multiple times Thursday in the legs, back and neck.

With two dozen unsolved homicides, one Eastern Carolina police department has set up a Cold Case Unit.

Rocky Mount police are continuing to investigate a pair of alleged armed robberies reported late Tuesday.

Police in one Eastern Carolina city are investigating two armed robberies that happened two hours apart Tuesday night.

A Rocky Mount man was being held in jail this morning after allegedly attacking the mother of his son and hitting her boyfriend with a brick Sunday.

A man convicted in 2007 in the death of a Rocky Mount teenager trying to rob him and his wife will hear his case appealed Tuesday before the N.C. Supreme Court.

Ed Kaplan has helped repair and re-paint the Phoenix House Inc.'s home where nine men live and are going through the nonprofit organization's substance abuse and addition recovery program.

Rocky Mount police are offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the Sept.

Police in Rocky Mount say a man was inside the IHOP restaurant bathroom on North Wesleyan Boulevard early Saturday morning, about 4:00 a.m., when four men came in carrying two guns.

Rocky Mount police are offering $1,000 rewards to anyone who can help them solve two unrelated murders that occurred late this summer.

Rocky Mount Police are looking for an armed robbery suspect with three or four tear drops tattooed on the right side of his face.

Rocky Mount Police are investigating break-ins to four trailers at O. R. Pope Elementary School.

A 23-year-old man stood trial Monday in Superior Court for first-degree murder in the October 2008 shooting death of a man riding in a car in Rocky Mount.

North Carolina police have arrested three New York City fugitives, including one accused in a series of subway robberies.

The NYPD's Most Wanted Fugitive, according to the police Crimestoppers.com website, was caught in Rocky Mount NC over the weekend by New York and Rocky Mount police, and the U.S. Marshals service.

As many as 140 former Barcalounger plant workers could be eligible for federal cash payments for 2 1/2 years while they are enrolled in paid training for a new career.

An officer with 24 years of law enforcement experience now leads the Sharpsburg Police Department.