Sardis man arrested on charges of burglary and assualt

Cedric Hunter
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Kennett Police arrested Cedric Hunter, 21, of Sardis, MS., on an active State of Missouri warrant issued through Dunklin County on assault charges. The warrant charged Hunter with 1st-degree burglary and 3rd-degree domestic assault of a woman on Wednesday, March 14.

A bond of $25,000.00 cash only was set in his case.

Kennett officers were dispatched to a residence on Floyd Street around 6:14 a.m. Wednesday morning where Hunter had kicked in a door and assaulted the victim. Officers were told that Hunter had fled the scene of the assault.

Wednesday afternoon around 3:15 police stopped and arrested Hunter near the Wal-Mart Supercenter parking lot in Kennett. They also found an undisclosed amount of narcotics.

Hunter was transported to the Dunklin County Justice Center where he was held on the warrant as well as placed on a twenty-four-hour hold for the narcotics-related charges.