A Raeford man has been arrested in connection with the severe beating of a

man fishing at Hamlet

City Lake in September 2008.

Henry Christopher Lloyd, 23, of Raeford was charged with common law robbery and assault inflicting serious bodily injury.

His bond was set at $25,000.

Capt. Bob Steele of the Hamlet Police Department said Lloyd and three

other suspects were

allegedly following three men fishing at Hamlet City Lake

on Sept. 8.

He said when one of the men refused to give

Lloyd an illegal tattoo, he allegedly struck the first man

he came to in the

face knocking him out and to the ground.

While the victim was out on the ground, Steele said the suspects stripped his

clothes off, took some of his personal belongings,

threw his fishing pole in the lake and left him on the ground naked.

The victim was flown to a hospital in Charlotte for reconstructive surgery, Steele said.

Police have issued warrants on the other suspects.

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Other arrests by Hamlet police include:

n Robert Lavorn Johnson, 34, South Bridges Street, Hamlet, was arrested on warrants for failure to appear in court on

charges of misdemeanor

larceny and probation

violation. Bond was set at $5,000.

n Gregory Devon Covington, 37, Sellers Drive, Hamlet, was arrested on

misdemeanor charges of assault on a government official and resisting arrest.

Bond was set at $10,000.

n Navatha Tieachia Hamilton, 19, Frank W. Davis Street, Hamlet, was arrested on misdemeanor charges

of communicating threats

and assault and battery. Hamilton was released on a written promise to appear

in court.

n Thaddeus Junior Collins, 34, Cabel Drive, Rockingham, was arrested on felony charges of conspiracy, robbery with a dangerous weapon and first-degree burglary. Bond was set at $25,000.

n Shannon Dale Lence, 27, Broad Street, Hamlet, was arrested on a felony

charge of attempting to obtain a controlled substance

and misdemeanor larceny. Lence was released on

a written promise to appear in court.

n Irving Kerry Wall, 38, Rose Street, Hamlet, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of communicating threats, carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly

conduct. Bond was set at $2,000.

n Deneise A. Peed, 42, Jefferson Street, Hamlet,

was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of fraud with a worthless check.

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Incidents reported to Hamlet police include:

n An 18-year-old man told police he was walking at Main and Bridges streets, Hamlet, when three men approached him wanting to know why

he was walking in south Hamlet. He told police one man hit him in the face knocking him to the ground.

Two other men kicked him and took his wallet and sunglasses, he told police.

n On King Street, Hamlet, a $50 trash can was stolen from a store.

n At a residence on Buttercup Drive, Hamlet, someone did $50 damage to one door and $75 damage to another door.

n A man walking his dog at 2nd and Durham streets, Hamlet, told police he

was approached by two men demanding money and then cigarettes. He told police

he pulled a knife out and swung at one man. When

the other man continued to come at him, the victim said he struck the man on his head with the back of the knife.

The victim was later treated at the hospital for a hand injury.

n A window at a store on Raleigh Street, Hamlet, was broken causing $500 damage.

n Gasoline valued at $38 was stolen from a store on West Hamlet Avenue, Hamlet.

n A stove valued at $250 was stolen from a house on Jefferson Street, Hamlet.

n A telephone valued at $84 was stolen from a store on N.C. 177 North, Hamlet.

n Two men are suspects in stealing 10 boxes of diapers valued at $260 from a store on West Hamlet Avenue.

n Eight guns valued a total of $4,225 were stolen from a house on Battley Dairy Road, Hamlet. Damage to a door was $150.

Information on criminal activity may be reported anonymously to Richmond County Crime Stoppers at 997-5454.

n Arrest reports published in the Richmond County Daily Journal are copied from local law enforcement records. Except for people injured in motor vehicle accidents or reportable deaths, victims including people, businesses and institutions and their addresses are not included as a matter of newspaper policy. Reports include both arrests and criminal summons such as citations. The Daily Journal lists them all as arrests. People charged are presumed innocent until determined to be guilty by a court of law.