HERTFORD â A former sergeant with the Hertford Police Department accused of punching a handcuffed suspect was convicted in Perquimans District Court last week on charges of misdemeanor assault and battery.
Dallas Dewayne Hale, who had entered a not guilty plea in the case, was sentenced to unsupervised probation and ordered to pay court costs.
According to court documents, the charges against Hale stem from a Feb. 29 incident involving a Hertford man named Lorenzo Blunt.
During Hertford policeâs response to a domestic dispute, court records show Blunt refused to obey officersâ instructions, became verbally hostile, resisted arrest, threatened Hale and spat on him.
Forty years ago, Ronda Blaylock, a 14-year-old ninth-grader at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem, vanished. Three days later, her body was discovered. Authorities said she had been raped and stabbed to death.Â
On Thursday, Robert James Adkins, a 64-year-old Surry County man, pleaded guilty to charges connected to her death. Adkins entered guilty pleas in Surry Superior Court to second-degree murder and second-degree rape. He had initially been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree forcible rape.Â
Judge Angela Puckett of Surry Superior Court sentenced him to 21 years to 25 years each on the rape and the murder charges. He will serve both sentences at the same time, according to court documents.Â
April 02, 2021
City officials seem confident in being able to fund major capital items in the next fiscal year such as police cars needed for everyday operations, but beyond that not so much.
Since late 2020, the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners has devoted much attention to a five-year capital improvements package totaling $11.6 million. Capital needs are big-ticket items, generally costing more than $10,000, related to buildings, infrastructure projects and equipment for city government operations, including vehicles.
In addition to that operational category, municipal department heads and the city manager have prepared a separate “visionary list” containing what can be considered enhancements rather that basic necessities.
March 26, 2021
Judging by the looks of some local roadways, Mount Airy could use a good cleanup and two entities are partnering to accomplish exactly that during a first-of-its-kind community “litter sweep” in the coming weeks.
Mount Airy Parks and Recreation (through its Grounds Maintenance Division) and the Mount Airy Appearance Commission are trying to recruit individuals, businesses and others to actively participate in the three-week campaign scheduled this coming Monday through April 18.
“To my knowledge this is the first time we’ve done something of this large a scale,” city Parks and Recreation Director Darren Lewis said Wednesday regarding the scope of the sweep that seeks to engage everyone in the fight against litter.