UPDATE: 7-year-old boy found

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Kinston Police found the 7-year-old boy who was reported taken by his father on Saturday.

Kinston Police said members of the United States Marshal Service located Shawn Robinson, the father of Rome Robinson, 7, in the Charlotte, NC area.

“Rome Robinson was located with Mr. Robinson and officers are working with Child Protective Services in the Charlotte, NC area to return Rome back to his Grandmother in Bladen County, NC,” the Facebook post said.

* * UP-DATE * * On Monday, January 11, 2021, members of the United States Marshal Service located Mr. Shawn Robinson in...
Posted by Kinston Police Department on Saturday, January 9, 2021

The Kinston Police Department thanked the United States Marshal Service and all the community members that called and provided information helping to locate Rome.