Detective James Matthews of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said the 911 center did a routine check for the jail and learned Renard Fennell, 29, was wanted for a probation violation for a 2007 assault.
The Massachusetts commissioner of probation confirmed the violation and Matthews took him to a magistrate.
The charges Fennell was in the county jail for were not immediately known. He has a March 2 court date.





















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