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Police recover multiple stolen vehicles, arrest 3

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Officers looking for a  stolen Dodge Charger found the car and several other stolen vehicles behind a residence near North Reilly Road, according to a release from the Fayetteville Police Department. Three people were arrested.  

On May 16, a caller reported a missing Dodge Charger Scat Pack. The owner of the vehicle tracked it to the 300 block of Smithfield Street in Fayetteville. Officers responded to the residence and saw the stolen Charger in the yard. Five other  Chargers were parked in the yard, the release said. 

As officers were attempting to contact the residents, a man jumped out of a rear window of the house and ran.  He was arrested after a short foot pursuit, the release said.

The man was  identified as Jocephus Jones, 21, who was wanted on a warrant for first-degree murder by the  Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Additional felony charges by the Police Department are pending for larceny of a motor vehicle, felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and felony conspiracy. 

Two other people were charged with motor vehicle-related crimes., the release said.

Haley Wheeler, 21, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for fleeing to elude arrest. 

Jahmere Thomas, 35, was charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and felony conspiracy. 

A search of the residence and property foun two additional Dodge Chargers, a Hell Cat and a Scat Pack that had been reported stolen, the release said. One vehicle had been stolen the previous evening, and one had been stolen in Hoke County in April. One Dodge Charger on the property was confirmed to be involved in a crime and seized.  

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Detective Bergamine at 910-705-2093.  Tips can be submitted to CrimeStoppers at 910-483-8477 or fay-nccrimestoppers.org.

Fayetteville, crime, theft, Reilly Road

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