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On 10-31-13, members of the Nash County Sheriff’s Office attempted to stop a vehicle in the parking lot area of Harris Teeter on Sunset Avenue. The operator and passenger of the vehicle were targets of a drug investigation and when Deputy’s attempted to stop the driver, DARIUS ANDRE COOPER, COOPER fled in the vehicle. The vehicle pursuit ended in the dead-end portion of Gravely Drive where COOPER fled on foot. COOPERS’ passenger,CARVELL PUDDY, was apprehended at the scene. COOPER was taken into custody after a brief foot chase and was treated and released for injuries sustained during the foot pursuit. A third suspect, BRIAN COMBS, was apprehended in the parking lot near Harris Teeter. Law enforcement seized 452 grams of Marijuana from the vehicle in which COOPER and PUDDY were occupants of. Suspects listed below:

Darius Andre Cooper age: 36
1801 Berkshire Rd.
Rocky Mount NC
Charges: Possession with intent to sell and deliver Marijuana
Felony possession of Marijuana
Maintaining a vehicle, dwelling, place for keeping storage of a controlled substance
Conspiracy to sell or deliver Marijuana
Resist, obstruct, delay an officer
Felony fleeing to elude arrest
Bond: $20,000 secured


Brian Combs age: 22
1816 Eastwood Ln.
Rocky Mount, NC
Charges: Conspire to sell or deliver Marijuana
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Bond: $10,000 secured


Carvell Puddy age: 22
1121 Sunset Ave.
Rocky Mount, NC
Charges: Possession with intent to sell and deliver Marijuana
Felony possession of Marijuana
Conspire to sell or deliver Marijuana
Bond: $20,000 secured