Crime & Safety
5 months ago
APD arrest gun-wielding juvenile after kid fled on bike

The Asheville Police Department has apprehended a juvenile who discharged a gun and damaged a vehicle on Friday afternoon before fleeing on a bicycle.

Patrick Tucker Wood, of Weaverville is being held without bond at the Buncombe County Detention Facility.
Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Weaverville man charged after deadly shooting

The victim was found at a home on Old NC 20 Highway

Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Arden man carjacked, robbed at gunpoint in possible romance scam

The Asheville Police Department has arrested two men in connection with an armed robbery and carjacking in south Asheville Thursday evening and is investigating a woman suspected to be involved.

Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Drug bust at Murray Hill Park: APD seizes crack cocaine, MDMA, more in four arrests

Officers and detectives with the Asheville Police Department arrested four individuals in possession of narcotics at Murray Hill Park on Thursday afternoon following community complaints of drug activity in the area.

Deshawn Lamar Perry, 32, with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to inflict serious injury and possession of a firearm by a felon
Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Asheville shooting suspect considered armed, dangerous

The victim was taken to the hospital with five non-life-threatening gunshot wounds

Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Kurdys cites experience, compassion in bid for Buncombe County DA

Senior assistant district attorney practices trauma-informed justice and commits to eliminating case backlog

Crime & Safety
5 months ago
APD arrests armed felon in neighborhood near River Arts District

Asheville Police Department officers arrested a felon in possession of a firearm early Sunday as part of ongoing efforts to reduce gun violence in an Asheville neighborhood near the River Arts District.

Crime & Safety
5 months ago
APD make four drug-related arrests in two days in major crackdown

Asheville Police Department officers made multiple narcotics-related arrests over the course of the weekend, taking four individuals into custody on outstanding warrants and drug charges during proactive enforcement efforts following community complaints about illicit drug activity.

Cody Blake Strickler
Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Waynesville man gets prison time for courthouse bomb threat

On March 19, Strickler called 911 and reported: ‘The emergency is at the courthouse, the new one, there’s a bomb’

Crime & Safety
5 months ago
Fake Medicaid calls prompt warning from Buncombe officials

Authorities say scammers may spoof caller ID numbers to make it appear the call is coming from a government agency

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