Crime & Safety
8 months ago
Attempted murder near French Broad River ends in arrest

Elijah Paul Foster, 32, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury, as well as attempted first degree murder.

Crime & Safety
8 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
8 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 & Safety
8 months ago
Gunshots reported in Riverstone community, investigation underway

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

Crime & Safety
8 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
8 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
8 months ago
One person killed, another injured in Waynesville shooting

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

Crime & Safety
8 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
9 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
9 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.

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