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Roanoke Rapids police Coverage

Roanoke Rapids police arrested a woman for allegedly stabbing a mother several times in the chest in front of her child.

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Chief BL Martin and Capt. Jamie Hardy were placed on administrative leave on March 10, and rumors have swirled about allegations against them. 

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Residents in Roanoke Rapids are looking for answers on why the chief of police is on administrative leave.

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Two members of the Roanoke Rapids Police Department are on leave, but the reason is not clear.


CHILD. >> AND HAVING A STOLEN GUN, SOME PEOPLE LIVING IN ROANOKE RAPIDS ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT'S BEHIND THE SHAKEUP AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. POLICE CHIEF BL MARTIN AND CAPTAIN JAMIE HEARTY WERE PLACED ON UNPAID LEAVE FRIDAY WITH NO EXPLANATION TO THE PUBLIC. WRAL'S KEENAN, WILLARD CHAIRS. THE QUESTIONS COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT. >> CITY LEADERS SAY THE SITUATION TAKING PLACE HERE AT ROANOKE RAPIDS PD IS A PERSONNEL ISSUE AND NOT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT SOME PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY SAY THEY DESERVE MORE TRANSPARENCY. >> TODAY THE FBI SAYS IT'S NOT INVESTIGATING THE ROANOKE RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT COMES 3 DAYS AFTER CHIEF BL MARTIN AND CAPTAIN JAMIE HARDY WERE PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITH NO REASON GIVEN BY THE CITY. MARTIN HARDIE HAVE DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE MATTER. TODAY, THE CITY ATTORNEY SAYS ROANOKE RAPIDS IS HANDLING THE SITUATION A LOW NOT PLANNING TO COLLIN COUNTY, STATE OR FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TO HELP INVESTIGATE. SOME PEOPLE LIVING IN ROANOKE RAPIDS. SEE, THE SHAKE-UP RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOT GOOD. THAT, THOUGH. DEFINITELY SOMETHING'S GOING ON. THAT THOUGH. >> SHOULD DEFINITELY COME TO LIGHT. AND I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW TODAY. WRAL ASKED TO SPEAK WITH ACTING POLICE CHIEF GORDEN WILLIAMS ABOUT TAKING OVER THE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE TOLD HE WAS UNAVAILABLE. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD WHY THE OFFICERS ARE ON LEAVE AND EXPECT TO FIND OUT IN CLOSED SESSION NEXT WEEK. BUT SOME RESIDENTS SAY THE CITY NEEDS TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AN UPDATE BEFORE THAT. IT'S JUST IT'S NOT RIGHT. THEY THEY WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND TO BE NON-TRANSPARENT AND NOT RELEASED ANY INFORMATION THAT NO DETAILS. THAT'S WHERE ALL WE ASKED MAYOR EMORY DOWNEY FOR A RESPONSE TO THOSE CONCERNS. >> HE TOLD US HE HAD NO MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE.

Two high-ranking members of the Roanoke Rapids Police Department are on leave, but the reason is not clear.

Roanoke Rapids city council to meet Tuesday after police chief, captain placed on leave

Officers conducted a search at the Franklin Street home Wednesday morning after receiving a call regarding a child's well-being, where they found the body of a 3-month-old dead and stuffed in a suitcase.

'You question why and how this has happened,' Roanoke Rapids mother charged after infant found dead in suitcase

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While Flock cameras have generated privacy concerns in other communities, the Roanoke Rapids police chief said these readers are tools for public safety and are not intended not to spy on anyone.

THE PORTRAIT. WE CERTAINLY WISH HER A SPEEDY RECOVERY. POLICE IN ROANOKE RAPIDS SAY LICENSE PLATE READING CAMERAS ARE HELPING THEM SOLVE CRIMES, INCLUDING AN ARREST THIS WEEK FOR STOLEN UHAUL. >> WRAL'S KEENAN WILLARD SHOWS US WHY THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS THIS HIGH-TECH TOOL DOES NOT POSE A THREAT TO PEOPLE'S PRIVACY. ROANOKE RAPIDS, POLICE SAY THESE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE BUILT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY NOT TO SPY ON ANYONE. THEY SAY THESE CAMERAS ARE ALREADY MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND THEY'RE READY TO BRING IN MORE. >> THIS WEEK, POLICE IN ROANOKE RAPIDS SPOTTED THE STOLEN UHAUL ON WEST 5TH STREET. THEY STOPPED THE TRUCK AND ARRESTED. 26 YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT AND THE HAWKINS CHARGING HER WITH POSSESSION OF A STOLEN VEHICLE. HOW DID THEY KNOW THE TRUCK HAD BEEN STOLEN? IF IT COMES TO ANY LOCATION WHERE FLOCK CAMERAS SET UP? >> HE'S GOING TO GIVE US A HE IT BEFORE. AN OFFICER MAY SEE IT. THE DEPARTMENT HAS 11 FLOCK CAMERAS SET UP ACROSS ROANOKE RAPIDS, THEIR AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS. THAT SCAN VEHICLE TAGS AND ALERT POLICE IF THEY COME BACK AS STOLEN OR WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CRIME. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS SMALL BUSINESSES IN ROANOKE RAPIDS RAISED MORE THAN $30,000 TO BUY AND INSTALL THE CAMERAS FOR POLICE. CHIEF MARTIN SAYS THEY'VE SOLVED 17 CRIME SO FAR USING THE CAMERAS, INCLUDING FLOOD BUSTS AND STOLEN VEHICLES. IT HE'S BEEN WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF SOME OF THE STATISTICS BECAUSE WE HOME TO IMPLEMENT THESE PERMANENTLY AND GET MORE FOR THE CITY OF ROANOKE RAPIDS. WRAL'S REPORTED ON PRIVACY CONCERNS IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE POLICE ARE USING FLOCK CAMERAS. BUT THE ROANOKE RAPIDS POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE SCAMMERS ARE BUILT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY NOT TO SPY ON PEOPLE AND ANY DATA THEY COLLECT IS DELETED. AFTER 30 DAYS THERE'S A POLICY IN PLACE THAT ONLY ALLOWS TO KEEP CERTAIN INFORMATION. WE WE DO NOT RECORD OUR CITIZENS. WE DO NOT HAVE FACIAL RECOGNITION NONE OF IS IMPLEMENTED WITH THESE CAMERAS. THEY ARE STRICTLY >> TO OBSERVE LICENSE PLATES.

New cameras lead to break in case for Roanoke Rapids police

Police in Roanoke Rapids say automated license plate reading cameras are helping them solve crimes, including an arrest this week for a stolen U-Haul truck.

New cameras help Roanoke Rapids police make arrest in U-Haul theft

As the federal government looks to take action on untraceable "ghost guns," Roanoke Rapids police say they've made one of the first-ever seizures of this type of homemade weapon in central North Carolina history.

NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN GO HOME. >> WITH THE WHITE HOUSE TAKING AIM AT SO-CALLED GHOST GUNS. WRAL WANTED TO KNOW HOW ALTON THOSE GUNS TURN OFF IN OUR AREA. SO A FEW PHONE CALLS LATER WRAL'S KEENAN, WILLARD FOUND ONE CONFISCATED JUST DAYS AGO IN ROANOKE RAPIDS. HE TALKED TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE THERE WHO CALLED ON LAWMAKERS TO TAKE ACTION. NOW. IT LOOKS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER GUN. BUT THIS AR 15 TYPE PISTOL WAS BUILT FROM A KIT AND CAN'T BE TRACKED. THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A GHOST GUN AND IT COULD POSE NEW PROBLEMS FOR INVESTIGATORS. POLICE SAY JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY, THESE 3 MEN FROM NORTHAMPTON COUNTY LED THEM ON A CHASE THROUGH ROANOKE RAPIDS. THEY SAY THE MAN RAN RED LIGHTS BEFORE CRASHING THROUGH THE FENCE OF A SKATE PARK WHERE THEY WERE ARRESTED INSIDE THE CAR. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND CRACK COCAINE, MARIJUANA AND THIS AR 15 TYPE PISTOL OFFICERS SOON REALIZED THEY'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE SEAS TO WHAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED IS A GHOST GUN. WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT HAS NO SERIAL NUMBER. >> PRETTY MUCH UNTRACEABLE. THE ROANOKE RAPIDS. POLICE CHIEF SAYS THIS WEAPON WAS HOMEMADE FROM A KID AND ISN'T REGISTERED ANYWHERE. HE SAYS IT'S THE FIRST GHOST GUN HIS DEPARTMENT'S EVER RECOVERED. WRAL DATA TRACKERS FOUND JUST 9 PREVIOUS INCIDENTS IN STATE HISTORY WHERE POLICE COLLECTED THESE UNTRACEABLE WEAPONS AND ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS IN OUR AREA COMING IN TARBORO BACK IN 2016. IT'S IT'S CONCERNING IN THE FACT THAT THE POPS UP IN THE HANDS OF SOMEBODY THAT IS NOT LEGALLY ABLE TO POSSESS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS LAST YEAR POLICE NATIONWIDE RECOVERED 10 TIMES AS MANY GHOST GUNS AS THEY DID IN 2016 THIS WEEK. THEY'RE TAKING ACTION ANNOUNCING RULE THAT WOULD BAN COMPANIES FROM SELLING GHOST GUN KITS WITHOUT A SERIAL NUMBER ON THEM AND REQUIRE POTENTIAL BUYERS TO GO THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS. THE ROANOKE RAPIDS, POLICE CHIEF SAYS WITHOUT MORE REGULATION RISING ON MARK GHOST GUNS COULD LEAVE THEM UNABLE TO FIND AND ARREST SUSPECTS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND THEN WITHOUT ANYTHING TO TRACE AND TRACK IT FROM THERE. THAT'S WHERE THE INVESTIGATION STALLS POTENTIALLY UNLESS WE GET A BREAK IN THE CASE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M HOPING THAT SOMETHING. >> AND THAT WITH ASSIST US IN OUR INVESTIGATIONS. CAN WILLARD WRAL NEWS, HALIFAX COUNTY. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE STORY IN ROANOKE RAPIDS. WE ONE OF THE CALL AROUND THOSE WE CHECK WITH SOME OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN OUR AREA. >> TO SEE HOW OFTEN THEY ENCOUNTER THESE GHOST GUNS. RALEIGH AND DURHAM POLICE BOTH SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION. NEITHER DID WAKE OR DURHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS. WE'RE STILL WAITING

Roanoke Rapids police recover 'ghost gun' after chase

As the federal government looks to take action on untraceable "ghost guns," police in Roanoke Rapids say they've made one of the first-ever seizures of this type of homemade weapon in central North Carolina history.

Ghost gun recovered in Roanoke Rapids chase as federal government seeks more regulations for unmarked weapons

Ghost gun seized in Roanoke Rapids

Police were called to Oakridge Drive and Green Garden Court just before 6 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a shooting. 



Man dies in Roanoke Rapids after being shot several times; suspect in custody 

Suspect accused of shooting man several times in Roanoke Rapids

 The Roanoke Rapids Police Department put an officer on paid leave Friday after that officer was involved in a shooting at near the intersection of Hinson Street and Roanoke Avenue. 