The Henderson Police Department is searching for a man charged in a pair of shootings.
Category: Crime
Armed robber strikes Star Grocery
A Harriett Street convenience store was robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash Sunday night.
Man shot multiple times at Lincoln Heights
A 24-year-old Henderson man suffered life-threatening wounds in a shooting late Thursday at the Lincoln Heights Apartments.
Robber hits Carvers on Raleigh Road
A man brandishing a handgun robbed the Carvers Restaurant at 208 Raleigh Road on Monday night.
Oakridge Avenue attacker arrested
A Henderson man was arrested Sunday and charged in an attack on a senior citizen in her Oakridge Avenue home Saturday.
Police investigate serious shooting
A Henderson man was seriously wounded in a shooting early today, city police announced in a news release.
Suspected car thief caught after two chases
A resident of the Arcola-Hollister area sits in the Vance County Jail under 13 felony charges, with more pending, after two vehicle chases and manhunts within a couple of hours late Wednesday and early Thursday in Henderson.
35 pot plants destroyed
Lt. C.O. Pulley, left, and Lt. D.H. Adcock of the Interagency Drug Enforcement Unit show some of the results of the IDEU’s latest marijuana eradication operation. Agents of the Interagency Drug Enforcement Unit found and destroyed 35 marijuana plants during an eradication operation this week, Vance County Sheriff R. Thomas Breedlove and Henderson Police Chief Glen Allen announced Thursday. The plants were 5 to 8 feet tall and would have had an estimated street value of $75,000 at maturity.
17-year-old charged with raping 7-year-old
A Henderson teenager was arrested Thursday and charged with sex crimes against a 7-year-old girl.
Heroin seized in State Street drug raid
The IDEU shows what agents seized from 825 State St. The Henderson-Vance Interagency Drug Enforcement Unit seized heroin with a street value of more than $29,000 and arrested a man with a felony drug record on charges of trafficking in heroin and marijuana, Vance County Sheriff R. Thomas Breedlove and Henderson Police Chief Glen Allen announced in a news release Friday.
Modified Weed and Seed area gains cleanup support
The Clean Up Henderson Committee joined the growing list of community organizations endorsing the local Weed and Seed application Wednesday morning, hours before the steering committee for that program decided to expand the targeted zone at the NAACP’s request.
Team effort quickly catches break-in suspect
Three Henderson police officers and K-9 Okar combined to corral a suspect minutes after a break-in was discovered at a Raleigh Road restaurant early Sunday, according to a news release from Police Chief Glen Allen.
City’s top topics: Crime, crime and crime
Crime and how to fight it dominated the discussions at the Municipal Building on Monday night.
Crime steady in first half of year
The preliminary crimes stats are in for the first half of 2005 in Henderson, and they show little change overall from the first half of 2004.
Murder victim’s housemate accused of stifling police
Henderson police have made an arrest in the case of a Maple Street man slain at home in early March — the housemate who police say has obstructed their investigation into the death of Lajuan Wilkins.
Burglary suspect dies after arrest
A burglary suspect died shortly after Henderson police took him into custody Tuesday night, and Police Chief Glen Allen has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to handle the inquiry.
Dabney Drive office robbed
A lone gunman robbed a Dabney Drive insurance and financial services business Tuesday afternoon, Henderson police reported.
Woman arrested in church break-in
A woman was arrested inside a downtown Henderson church Monday night and is suspected of stealing from its food pantry, which a church member had touted to the City Council only hours earlier.
Murder suspect waives extradition
Terry Tracey Taylor Jr. should be back in Henderson within days. A Granville County man accused of killing his aunt in her Henderson home waived his right to an extradition hearing during an appearance today in a Connecticut court.
Mom charged with kidnapping
A 20-year-old woman didn’t get far in an attempt to seize custody of her child Wednesday evening, the Henderson Police Department announced in a news release.