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Crime & Safety
11 months ago
‘This is torture. This is murder’: Prosecutors make final plea in infant death trial

Defense insists state failed to prove case against father accused in death of 12-week-old Riley Stephenson

Crime & Safety
11 months ago
Detective describes investigation, interviews in Asheville baby’s death

Detective describes inconsistencies, forensic evidence and mother’s evolving account of alleged assaults

Crime & Safety
11 months ago
VIDEO: Fire reported at Mountain Metals Recycling near Hominy Creek

Around 2 p.m. today, Sept. 17, a fire was reported near the Mountain Metals Recycling recycling center in South Asheville. The facility is located at 79 Pond Road between Brevard Road and McIntosh Road along Hominy Creek.

Crime & Safety
11 months ago
APD seeking help identifying masked machete robber

Around 10:42 a.m., Monday, Sept. 15, APD officers responded to a convenience store on the 200 block of State Street to investigate a report of an armed robbery.

Crime & Safety
11 months ago
Pathologist: Infant’s death caused by injuries, malnutrition, pneumonia

Autopsy reveals injuries in various stages of healing, highlighting ongoing neglect and abuse in Asheville baby’s death

Nickolas Shane Stephenson, 37, is on trial for first-degree murder and intentional child abuse causing serious bodily injury in the June 2022 death of his 12-week-old daughter, Riley Leshae Hannah Stephenson.
Crime & Safety
11 months ago
Pediatrician testifies infant’s death was ‘child torture’

Buncombe County father faces murder, child abuse charges in death of 12-week-old daughter

Crime & Safety
11 months ago
Doctor to resume testimony in Asheville infant death trial

Jurors hear graphic details from mother, first responders on baby’s condition during first week of testimony

Crime & Safety
11 months ago
‘She would cry’: Mother recounts abuse before baby’s death

Buncombe County jurors hear graphic testimony about the final weeks of 12-week-old Riley Stephenson’s life

Crime & Safety
12 months ago
Madison Cawthorn arrested: Former U.S. representative booked in Florida

David Madison Cawthorn, the 30-year-old former U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district, encompassing Western North Carolina from Cherokee County to McDowell County, was arrested in Cape Coral, Florida earlier this week.

Crime & Safety
12 months ago
Body cam, crime scene evidence shown in Asheville murder trial

Deputies, investigators describe crime scene, hospital visit in case against father charged with killing 12-week-old daughter

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