James Coleman Wheeler, 40 of Valentines, was given a $750,000 bond and May 13 court date.

Detective J.M. Clark of the Halifax County Sheriff's Office said investigation into the case began in March when it was reported Wheeler had violated a domestic protective order by having repeated contact with the victim.

Clark said in a four-day period the victim received a total of 432 phone calls. He said 239 of them were made in one day. “There was no content,” he said of the phone calls. “He just repeatedly called her over and over. She refused to answer.”

The investigation resulted in warrants being taken out for Wheeler's arrest on charges of felony stalking, felonious intimidation of a state witness, domestic violence protective order violation and harassing phone calls.

There are four other cases pending in court involving the victim and Wheeler has a history of violence with her, Clark said.

Wheeler surrendered to the sheriff's office today.

In an unrelated case, Lockie Daniel Richardson, 41, of Hollister, was arrested today as a result of investigations by Deputy C. Boden into a breaking and entering in the Hollister area.

Boden charged Richardson with injury to property, breaking and entering and larceny after breaking and entering.

It was not immediately clear what items were taken in Boden's case, but in a separate investigation by Detective O.L. Wiltsie and Clark he was charged in a case involving the theft of shrimp from a freezer.

In that case he was charged with breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering and possession of stolen goods.

He was jailed on $10,000 bond and has a June 17 court date.