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  • Roanoke Rapids school district employee charged with embezzling $23,000 from Belmont PTO

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    A Roanoke Rapids Graded School District employee faces several charges after she was accused of embezzling more than $23,000 from the Belmont Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Organization.

    Officers said police were called about 41-year-old Kendra Justic Floyd in January after she was accused of writing checks to herself for personal use with funds that belonged to the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District fund.

    Floyd was arrested on Monday. Authorities are holding her on a $20,000 bond. She is expected in court on March 4.

    Floyd’s arrest comes as a Wake Forest Elementary PTA treasurer was arrested earlier this month after she was accused of embezzling more than $32,000 from the organization in early 2025. The school told WRAL News the PTA has since put more checks and balances in place after the treasurer was arrested.

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  • Police: Man arrested, charged with killing woman in Roanoke Rapids parking lot during argument

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    A woman is dead after police say she was shot during an argument early Sunday morning in a Roanoke Rapids parking lot.

    According to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department, officers were called to a reported shooting just after midnight at the parking lot of the Kirkwood Adams Civic Center at the intersection of 11th and Hamilton streets. When they arrived, the saw a man, Willie Holmes, running away from the scene and the victim, Priscilla Kee, with gunshot wounds.

    Police Chief Lawrence Wiggins said officers believe Kee was shot while she and Holmes were in an argument in the parking lot.

    Police officers chased Holmes and took him into custody around 11th and Jackson streets, adding that he had a gun at the time he was detained. First responders took Kee to ECU Medical Center, where she died from her injuries.

    Holmes was charged with murder and posession of a firearm by a felon. Wiggins said Homes was denied bond and taken to the Halifax County Detention Center.

    Police said they are still investigating Kee’s death and asked anyone with information related to the shooting to contact Halifax County Crime Stoppers at 252-538-4444 or the Roanoke Rapids Police Department at 252-533-2810.

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