POLICE HEADLINES

  • Teen suffers minor injuries in Sunday shooting

    A Rocky Mount teen was shot late Sunday after a group of men approached him asking about drugs, police said.

    Damian Taylor, 16, told police three unknown men stopped him just prior to midnight at the intersection of Hargrove and Daughtridge streets and asked him where they could go to buy drugs.

CRIME REPORTS

  • Rocky Mount police charge man in robberies

    Rocky Mount police arrested a man last week suspected in three area robberies.

    Charles Michael Phillips, 33, was arrested Wednesday and charged with three counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, police said.