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<p>NANTICOKE &#8212; A woman arrested Wednesday with Antoine McNeal has been charged with hindering police and drug offenses.</p><p>Wakeelah Nimat Moore, of East Northampton Street, was arraigned in front of District Judge Donald Whittaker.</p><p>McNeal, 32, was arraigned by video earlier Wednesday on charges of criminal homicide and related counts. He is accused of shooting 20-year-old Brandon Smith outside a residence at 185 W. Church St. in Nanticoke on Jan. 18.</p><p>According to a criminal complaint:</p><p>Moore, 25, opened the door of her second-floor apartment at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday for State Police, U.S. Marshals and Wilkes-Barre City police. The officers were searching for McNeal.</p><p>When she was asked about McNeal&#8217;s whereabouts, she told police &#8220;he is not here.&#8221;</p><p>But when officers told her there was an active warrant for McNeal, she let them inside and they found McNeal hiding behind a bedroom door.</p><p>Officers also found six marijuana plants in the bedroom closet.</p><p>Both Moore and McNeal were taken to state police barracks in Wyoming, where Moore provided a statement.</p><p>She said McNeal called her Monday from a blocked number asking to come to her residence. He was there from 10 p.m. Monday until he was apprehended.</p><p>Moore also said the plants were hers but she was not selling marijuana.</p><p>Moore was sent to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $75,000 bail. She has a preliminary hearing 9 a.m. April 27 in front of District Judge Thomas Malloy in Wilkes-Barre.</p><style>
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Woman arrested with Antoine McNeal charged with hindering law enforcement