ROCKINGHAM — A man already being held in the Richmond County Jail on drug charges is accused in a late November assault.
According to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, a man reported to deputies on Nov. 29 that 50-year-old Darrell Evans Little, of Ellerbe, had cut him with a knife on School Street in East Rockingham.
Investigators reportedly determined that there was enough probable cause to charge Little with that alleged crime.
Little was served with a warrant Dec. 12 charging him with assault inflicting serious injury. He was given an additional $10,000 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in court to face the charge on Dec. 15.
Investigators previously arrested Little Dec. 2 on a slew of drug-related charges: two counts of possession of a Schedule II controlled substance; two counts of possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule II controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule III controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule IV controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver marijuana; maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place for a controlled substance; simple possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance; and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Online court records show Little is slated to appear in court Jan. 6 on a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery.
Little also has pending charges in Moore County from 2021: two counts of trafficking opium or heroin; two counts of trafficking in methamphetamine; possession of heroin; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver heroin; possession of methamphetamine; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver methamphetamine; maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place for a controlled substance; possession of drug paraphernalia.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
