Posts in "Crime"


Police warn of fake $100 bills

Counterfeit $100 bills have been showing up at local businesses, some of them created by washing the ink off real currency and changing the denomination, Kill Devil Hills police say.
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Police seek good-faith returns of stolen property

As they continue to gather information on suspects in an unusually large number of of break-ins throughout Dare County, police say they will not prosecute people who believe they are in possession of stolen property and come forward in good faith.
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Whalebone 7-Eleven held up by two men with a gun

Two men held up the Whalebone 7-Eleven at gunpoint early Tuesday and ran away, Nags Head police reported. The robbery took place at about 1:20 a.m.
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Thefts may have required a moving truck or van

It might have taken a moving truck or van to burglarize three houses on U.S. 158, Kill Devil Hills police report. The thefts included HD TVs, a refrigerator and a washer and dryer.
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