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Lt. Bobby Martin said the home invasion occurred around 2:30 Friday morning, Dec. 5 on Walston Street in the Lincoln Heights community outside Roanoke Rapids when three men dressed in black and carrying black handguns forced their way into the home.
The three victims in the robbery were sitting around a table talking when one of them noticed headlights shining through the window. When one of them went to the door, it was forced open by the suspects.
The three victims were forced to lie down at gunpoint and robbed of jewelry and cash.
No one was injured and thus far the only description of the suspects is they were three black males. They left the house in a car of an unknown make or model.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call Halifax County Crimestoppers at 583-4444.
Around 1:30 Friday morning, Dec. 5 at Commerce Street in Hobgood, Deputy Mike Almendarez responded to a call and found fresh blood on the steps and an open door. He heard a person making threatening comments and when he was allowed inside found the victim, William Bell, had been struck with a beer bottle on the left side of his head, which was bleeding profusely.
Martin said the deputy learned Bell and Bobby Myrick, 59, had been drinking heavily when an argument, which came to blows, ensued. Myrick was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and jailed on $5,000 bond.
Bell was taken to Our Community Hospital in Scotland Neck and then transported to Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville where he was being treated for injuries that did not appear to be life threatening, Martin said.
Myrick sustained bruises in the altercation and Bell, who also had undisclosed outstanding warrants on him, will be charged with assault once he is out of the hospital, Martin said.
It was not clear what the two were arguing about.
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