Updated: 7:45 AM Deputies said three thieves' plan was foiled by the same cell phone they stole from a vehicle break-in.

Updated: 6:46 AM Kinston Police said a fast food restaurant was held up at gunpoint overnight in the east.

Updated: 8:17 PM A convenience store employee got quite the shock Sunday morning when she discovered that someone had put a hole in the back wall of the store and made off with two safes.

Updated: 2:40 PM Greenville police say a 22-year-old East Carolina University student was robbed at knife point just after 6 p.m. Saturday while in her car at the intersection of Greenville Blvd. and Charles Blvd.

Updated: 8:51 PM Pitt County dispatchers say the Family Dollar at 2530 Memorial Drive was robbed just after 10:00 p.m. Friday.

Updated: 6:51 PM Bethel police are investigating a shooting into a house Friday night. It's believed it is the same house that was shot up almost two years ago to the day.

Updated: 12:03 AM With the tragedies in Boston and Texas this week, we've seen a lot of law enforcement response including K-9 officers. Thursday through Sunday more than 20 K-9 teams from all over the east coast are training in Beaufort County for just those kind of situations.

Updated: 8:31 PM The Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer said to have been shot and killed by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has a North Carolina connection.

Posted: 11:26 AM A Tarboro man has been charged after deputies say he hit a man over the head with a beer bottle after he found him with his mother.

Updated: 8:05 PM Lenoir County deputies arrested two men after finding the 22 ounces of coke, valued at $43,120, in a vehicle on Burncoat Road in the southern part of the county.

Updated: 3:49 PM The uncle of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect is urging his nephew to turn himself in.

Posted: 8:10 AM Police said a local Walmart employee was caught dipping into the store's cash and stock.

Updated: 11:20 PM Police say they found wild animals and deplorable conditions inside a man's home after complaints of drug activity and illegal gun sales at the residence.

Updated: 11:20 PM Three men have been convicted and sentenced in an armed home invasion where officials say electronics and a child's cancer medication were stolen.

Updated: 11:18 PM The date for the federal trial of a former North Carolina state legislator accused of theft, fraud and filing false tax returns has been set.

Posted: 12:33 PM President Barack Obama declared "there is a piece of Boston in me" as he paid tribute to a city shaken by what he has called an act of terror. He said: "Every one of us stands with you."

Updated: 8:58 AM DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Two Durham police officers have resigned after being accused of illegally restraining and assaulting a man earlier this year.

Posted: 10:47 PM The Senate voted unanimously Wednesday for a bill to increase the maximum penalty for the most serious abuse charge from roughly 15 years to 33 years

Updated: 5:21 PM Capt. James V. Clement faces charges that include conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman for failing to properly supervise junior Marines and making false statements to investigators.

Updated: 4:16 PM Police are looking for help in identifying several people involved in an armed robbery outside a Greenville convenience store where the victim was pistol whipped.

Updated: 7:59 PM Ayden Chief Barry Stanley says gunfire erupted around 11:20 p.m. and the two vehicles struck were parked across from each other on Lee Street.

Updated: 2:42 PM A former justice of the peace has been charged with capital murder in the slayings of a North Texas district attorney and his assistant who prosecuted him for theft.

Updated: 3:53 PM Police say their suspicions were correct after they found hundreds of bags of heroin inside a rental car.

Posted: 5:49 AM Greenville police reports show investigators are still looking for the shooter who fired into a home.

Updated: 11:51 PM A grand jury in Elizabeth City earlier this month charged Harry Mann in a multi-count indictement.