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Georgia Court Tosses Murder Suspect's Confession Made In Nash County
Last Updated: 12:53 PM 11/03/09 - Patrick Lynch was stopped in Nash County in 2007. He says Nash County deputies beat him and stunned him with a Taser before obtaining the confession.
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Neighborhood Watch? Police Say Woman Attacked
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Last Updated: 10:26 AM 11/03/09 - Rocky Mount police say the woman was attacked, possibly with a crowbar, by two women who asked if she was new to the neighborhood. (Full Story)
Middle School Gets Makeover
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Last Updated: 9:13 PM 11/02/09 - C.B. Martin Middle School in Tarboro received a 25-hundred dollar "Hero's Grant" from the home improvement chain. (Full Story)
 Drug Arrests In Rocky Mount
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Last Updated: 11:52 AM 11/01/09 - Two people are facing drug charges in two separate cases in Rocky Mounty. (Full Story)
 Suspicious Fire In Rocky Mount
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Last Updated: 11:31 AM 11/01/09 - Officials are investigating a suspicious fire in Rocky Mount. (Full Story)
Man Injured After Shooting In Rocky Mount
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Last Updated: 8:46 PM 11/01/09 - A man is recovering from a shooting, and police say the gunman is behind bars in Rocky Mount. (Full Story)
Arrests Made In Mall "Smash & Grab" Case
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Last Updated: 8:45 PM 11/01/09 - Police say the four men may also be responsible for similar crimes in Goldsboro, Rocky Mount and Wilson. (Full Story)
Two Nabbed In Robbery, Kidnapping
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Last Updated: 10:19 AM 10/30/09 - Rocky Mount police say they have arrested two of three suspects in a robbery and kidnapping that began at a Cracker Barrel parking lot. (Full Story)
Woman Found Dead In Rocky Mount Remembered
Last Updated: 10:27 PM 10/29/09 - It was an emotional night in Rocky Mount for those remembering the life of a woman who was found dead presumably one year after she was killed.
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Memorial To Be Held For Slain Rocky Mount Woman
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Last Updated: 6:50 AM 10/28/09 - A memorial will take place Thursday for the most recent woman found dead in Rocky Mount. (Full Story)
School Buses To Receive Emissions Upgrades
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Last Updated: 6:40 AM 10/28/09 - Several Eastern Carolina counties school buses are about to get emissions upgrades. (Full Story)
 4 Break-ins In One Hour In Rocky Mount
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Last Updated: 9:10 PM 10/27/09 - Verlean Phillips says she returned to her Washington Street home from work and found a footprint on her door like someone tried to kick it in. (Full Story)
Two Suspicious Fires Hit Rocky Mount Buildings Owned By Same Company
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Last Updated: 9:09 PM 10/27/09 - Rocky Mount firefighters say both fires are suspicious and they believe the two may be connected. (Full Story)
Soldiers Accused In Marriage Scam
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Last Updated: 6:22 AM 10/27/09 - Authorities say two former paratroopers and three Russian women face prison for their roles in a marriage scheme at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. (Full Story)
Ponzi Scheme Lands Man In Federal Prison
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Last Updated: 9:16 PM 10/26/09 - The second man behind a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than 200 investors, many of them here in Eastern Carolina, was sent to prison for 14 years. (Full Story)
Another Arizona Arrest In Rocky Mount Teen Murder Case
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Last Updated: 9:59 AM 10/29/09 - A fifth person has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Rocky Mount teenager last month. (Full Story)
Search Crews Return To Rocky Mount
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Last Updated: 4:45 AM 10/23/09 - Search crews returned to the area where six women from Rocky Mount have turned up dead in the past four years. (Full Story)
Edgecombe County Targeted In Mexican Drug Cartel Raid
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Last Updated: 12:39 PM 10/26/09 - The largest single strike at the Mexican drug cartel is how Attorney General Eric Holder describes a nationwide raid the past two days, including here in eastern Carolina. (Full Story)
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