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Hamlet Police Make Arrests

Hamlet Police Department
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HAMLET – The Hamlet Police Department recently made two arrests in separate incidents.

Cleo Jerome Wall on Monday, September 10, after a domestic disturbance call was made.

Wall is a black male, age 30, who lives on West Hamlet Avenue in Hamlet.

Wall was charged with:

Second degree kidnapping;

Assault with a deadly weapon upon a minor;

Interfering with emergency communication;

Larceny; and

Injury to personal property. 

Wall was transported to the Richmond County Jail with a court date scheduled for September 24.

 

Tejumald Mequan Douglas was arrested on Friday, September 7, after going through a check point on Hylan Avenue in Hamlet. 

He was charged with:

Possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and/or deliver a Schedule VI controlled substance;

Maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/place for the purpose of manufacturing, selling, and/or delivering a controlled substance (felony);

Possession of marijuana – more than ½ ounce to 1 ½ ounce; and 

Possession of a stolen firearm. 

Tejumald was released on a written promise but his vehicle was impounded.

His court date is September 27.

All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

 

 



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