Field Interviews pay off again....

A patrol officer's field interview of a suspicious man has provided detectives with the break that ended a string of burglaries in Greenville.   Corporal B.M. Quick stopped Emmett Lang, 40 years old, about a week ago when Lang was spotted in the area of Stantonsburg road near Memorial Drive.   Cpl. Quick interviewed Lang briefly, and turned him loose.  Quick sent the information gained from the interview to detectives in the Criminal Investigations Bureau.

Detectives from the Property Crimes Unit followed up on the field interview, and have now arrested Emmett Lang on December 18 for (3) counts of felony breaking and entering, (3) counts of felony larceny after breaking and entering, and (2) counts of felony break and entering a coin/currency machine.  

Lang was arrested for the recent commercial break ins that occurred on both November 16^th and again on December 15th at RJ’s Famous Chicken and BBQ located at 2518 S. Memorial Drive.   

Lang was also charged with another commercial break in that occurred at Winners Play Sweepstakes at 1311 W. Arlington Blvd.  

Lang was jailed under a $50,000 secured bond.

Community....

A tip from a good Samaritan helped Greenville police make a swift arrest.

Around 5:30 this morning Greenville communications got a call from someone driving past Cornerstone Church on Allen Street. The caller told dispatchers that someone was in the process of stealing the tires off a car in the parking lot of the church. The caller was able to give a detailed description of the suspect’s car, including a license plate number. Officers were able to trace the license plate number to a James Taylor, 33, of Greenville. They found the stolen tires and rims inside Taylor’s residence. Taylor, a convicted felon, was also in possession of a shotgun.

Taylor was arrested and charged with larceny of motor vehicle parts, possession of stolen goods/property and possession of a firearm by a felon. He was booked in the Pitt County Detention Center under a $50,000 secured bond.

This is another great example of community involvement in crime fighting. The citizen’s actions allowed our officers to make a quick and efficient arrest.

Meth mouth...

On November 30, 2013, members of the Greenville Police Department IMPACT Unit conducted a traffic stop on a Dodge Charger, displaying a Georgia license plate, near the intersection of Stantonsburg Road and Allen Road for a traffic violation. 

4 pounds:  Crystal Meth

A Greenville Police Department police canine alerted to the odor of narcotics on the vehicle.  A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed approximately four (4) pounds of crystal methamphetamine in the trunk of the vehicle with an estimated street value of $120,000.00.  Officers believe that the vehicle was traveling through Greenville and destined for another area of North Carolina.

Tierra Ramirez was arrested and charged with numerous conspiracy and trafficking charges and incarcerated in the Pitt County Detention Center under a $400,000.00 secured bond. 

A photograph of the seized narcotics and the defendant is attached.