On Tuesday shortly before 2 a.m., Sergeant T.L. Mason discovered the front door of Weldon Supermarket on Washington Avenue was damaged. He also noticed a large cinder block broken in two.
With assistance from Officer L. Melton, security video was reviewed and Mason identified William Tecumseh Hamlin, 68, as the alleged suspect.
Mason charged Hamlin, of Weldon, with attempted breaking and entering.
He received a $3,000 secured bond and February 1 court date.
On Sunday shortly before 6 a.m., Melton stopped a vehicle on Poplar Street near West First for speeding.
The front passenger fled from the vehicle. Melton and Corporal D. Moore of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office caught Jahmel Kevon Faison, 25, of Murfreesboro, after a foot chase on West First Street.
Faison faces charges of resisting a public officer, carrying a concealed weapon and giving fictitious information to an officer.
He received a $750 secured bond and a February 22 court date.
The driver of the vehicle, Duane Laron Boone, 25, of Pendleton, was charged with speeding.
