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Rocky Mount police said Jevon Rashad Battle's body was found on Monday, floating near the Rocky Mount Mills dam in the Tar River. Police said he was first reported missing just one week earlier to the Nash County Sheriff's Office.
Nash County is adding "breaching shotguns" to School Resource Officers' toolbelts to keep students safe in school. Typically, only SWAT teams would use them, but Nash County's sheriff thinks SROs in all schools should have them.
Retired Nash County K-9 Orca Katargo, a human remains detection dog, passed away in September at the age of 9 after a sudden ruptured tumor.
Nash County deputies arrested and charged Samuel Sanchez Lopez with the first-degree murder of Estrella Florez Silva. She was 25.
In Nash County, school resource officers are planning for the worst case scenario. Ballistic shields are the latest tool rolled out by the sheriff's office for all 10 SROs they provide to the county.
Districts are working to welcome students back safely, and in Nash County, that means equipping school resource officers (SROs) with a new tool: ballistic shields.
Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone discussed crews' search for two missing people in the floodwaters. The sheriff's office said a minivan got swept up in the rapidly rising water.
Raymond Evans Jr. and his step-daughter, Lottie Alston, were returning home from a medical appointment when they tried to cross a flooded road. Their car was swept into a ravine, and they drowned.
Waldo, the K-9 with Nash County Sheriff's Office sniffed out nearly 2 kilograms of cocaine and a large amount of big drug bust along I-95 South on Tuesday.
A traffic stop on I-95 South led to a drug bust thanks to the help of Waldo, a K-9 with the Nash County Sheriff's Office. Deputies discovered nearly two kilograms of cocaine and a large sum of cash in a white minivan.
Nash County deputies seized 22.6 pounds of meth after a traffic stop on Thursday.
Quantico Gorham faces several charges after the Nash County Sheriff's Office said he took two women and his young child into a car against their will.
Officers and deputies gather along Lancaster Store Road near a Nash County home in response to a double shooting.
We are expecting to learn more about a man dead after U.S. Marshals attempted to serve a warrant in connection with a murder.
A suspect shot himself when the U.S. Marshals Service was attempting to serve a warrant, according to the Nash County Sheriff's Office.
A murder suspect shot himself when the U.S. Marshals Service was attempting to serve a warrant, according to the Nash County Sheriff's Office.
Nash County authorities have arrested Cornelius Crumel after he was captured on video breaking into a home on April 5.
Cornelius Crumel is in custody after breaking into a Nash County home. The homeowner said some items are still missing.
Patricia Ricks will spend the rest of her life in prison for killing her 8-year-old granddaughter. Ricks was emotional in the courtroom on Friday as her sentencing was read.
Patricia Ann Ricks, a 74-year-old grandmother from Nash County, has pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of her 8-year-old granddaughter, Christal Lane.
Some disaster recovery teams are tasked with recovering bodies of those swept away in mudslides, landslides or drowned in the historic flooding from Tropical Storm Helene. It's a sometimes traumatic assignement.
Some disaster recovery teams are tasked with recovering bodies of those swept away in mudslides, landslides or drowned in the historic flooding from Tropical Storm Helene. It's a sometimes traumatic assignment.
Chelsea Donovan, WRAL reporter
Since Friday, 89 people have died from the storm and subsequent flooding it brought to the North Carolina mountains. The ages of the victims have ranged from 4 to 89. Among those who died were 7-year-old Micah Drye and his grandparents, Nora and Michael Drye.
Carly Haynes, WRAL reporter
The Nash County Public Schools SRO agreement expired at the end of June and is currently being renegotiated.
Heidi Kirk, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter
