Car chase in Rocky Mount leads to vehicle crash and arrest

Multi-county chase on I-95 ends in arrest for Rocky Mount man

Melvin Matthew Rumph crashed on I-95 after hitting stop sticks, ending about a 30-minute chase from Nash County into Johnston County on Tuesday afternoon.

Car chase in Rocky Mount leads to vehicle crash and arrest

EDGECOMB COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) -- A traffic stop in Rocky Mount led to a high-speed car chase and ended in the driver being arrested. On Tuesday, June 17, at around 1:47 p.m., Deputy Boyd with the Edgecomb County Sheriff's Office attempted to stop a blue Nissan Maxima for an expired registration on Raleigh Blvd. near Cokey Rd. in Rocky Mount. When Boyd walked up to the car, it sped away. He then chased the vehicle through Rocky Mount, into Nash Co…