Crime & Safety
6 months ago
APD searching for man wanted in domestic armed robbery case

Keithan Deshun Whitmire, 42, was identified as one of the suspects during the APD investigation.

Crime & Safety
6 months ago
Man receives felony charge in 2024 child sexual abuse case

Asheville Police Department Detectives have charged John Reynolds Malloy IV, 60, with felony indecent liberties with a child and misdemeanor child abuse following an investigation into the sexual abuse of a child.

Crime scene tape
Crime & Safety
6 months ago
Gunshots reported in Riverstone community, investigation underway

A home on W. Hiawassee Road was hit by gunfire, officials said.

Crime & Safety
6 months ago
Waynesville man charged in bomb threat at Haywood County Justice Center

The suspect is being held in the Haywood County Detention Center under a $100,000 bond

Crime & Safety
7 months ago
Woman gets more than a year in death of 8-month-old daughter

Samantha Lynn Higgins, 32, of Asheville, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her 8-month-old daughter.

Crime & Safety
7 months ago
One person killed, another injured in Waynesville shooting

One person was killed in a shooting Sunday morning in Haywood County

Crime & Safety
7 months ago
Attorney general, NC Turnpike Authority warn of toll text scams

These scams demand payment for supposed unpaid tolls, and the North Carolina Department of Justice is actively investigating, state officials said.

Crime & Safety
7 months ago
Former school employee gets 5 months for indecent liberties with a student

Greg Chapman Sharrits pleaded guilty to felony indecent liberties with a minor.

Crime & Safety
7 months ago
Not so ‘smiley’: Smiley, Smiley and Wilds arrested for Biltmore looting

The offenders, Timothy Lynn Wilds, 61, Kevin Shawn Smiley, 59, and Pamela Kent Smiley, 58, were taken into custody without incident and charged with felony trespassing and drug possession.

Crime & Safety
7 months ago
Two caught on drug trafficking charges around Amboy Road

Aiden Rae Mitchell, 27, and Erron Thomas Wolicki, 43, were given felony drug trafficking charges and checked into Buncombe County Detention Center on $25,000 and $90,000 bonds, respectively.

1 17 18 19 20 21 48