Capt. Bob Steele, Hamlet Police Department, said he arrested Michael Wayne Hutchison, 40, Raleigh Street, Hamlet, in connection with the incident and charged him with first-degree burglary and second-degree sexual offense.
His bond was set at $25,000.
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In another incident, Stephanie Anna Perry, 24, Hylan Avenue, Hamlet, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery. She was held in Richmond County Jail until a judge set bond.
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Incidents reported to Hamlet police include:
n On Thomas Street. Hamlet, someone broke into a house causing $350 damage to a door.
n In a break-in attempt on a vehicle parked on Entwistle Street, Hamlet, someone did $50 damage to it.
n A bird bath valued at $150 was stolen from a house on Cherry Street, Hamlet.
n Scratches by someone caused $700 damage to a vehicle parked on Seaboard Street, Hamlet.
n A Hamlet woman said her son bought a $100 boat advertised in a magazine and discovered when she tried to register it that it had been stolen.
n A cooking grill valued at $50 was stolen from a house on Columbia Avenue, Hamlet.
n Someone broke into a residence on Thomas Street, Hamlet, causing $350 damage to a door and ransacked the apartment.
n On Lackey Street, Hamlet, someone broke into a house and stole a television set valued at $459 and $400 worth of electronic game equipment.
n CD player equipment valued at $200 was stolen from a vehicle on East Spring Street, Hamlet.
n At a community building on East Spring Street, Hamlet, someone did $500 damage to windows of a vehicle and stole $200 worth of equipment from it.
n During a fight in a house on Clay Street, Hamlet, someone did $50 damage to a window.
n An 18-year-old man said while he was in his vehicle on Fieldcrest Lane, Hamlet, a suspect rode by in another vehicle and fired a weapon at him.






