Black Mountain Police Chief Steve Parker says his headquarters is cramped and obsolete, but Mayor C. Michael Sobol isn't convinced it needs to be replaced.
Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Cramped, often flooded, is town’s police HQ due to be replaced?

Black Mountain’s police chief says his headquarters is cramped and obsolete, but the mayor isn’t convinced it needs to be replaced.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Authorities add 2nd Degree Murder charge in death of pedestrian

Police have added a Second Degree Murder charge against a man accused of assaulting a pedestrian Feb. 29 on Haywood Road near Craven Street in Asheville.

Buncombe County Judicial Complex
Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Sex offender faces jail time over unreported Snapchat account

A Buncombe County jury has convicted a registered sex offender of using an unreported Snapchat account to send illicit photographs, and he now faces a sentence of at least seven years in prison.

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Local
2 years ago
UPDATE: Candler man faces new charge after second death in fatal crash

An additional charge of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle was filed after a second person died following the March 21 crash on Smokey Park Highway, Asheville Police announced Thursday morning.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Suspect found hiding in an Asheville church’s crawl space

A suspected burglar was found hiding in a church’s crawl space and now faces a charge of felony breaking and entering along with 30 other charges from prior alleged incidents, Asheville Police reported Wednesday.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Man convicted of strangling an undercover police lieutenant

A jury convicted David Paul Erickson of: assault by strangulation, assault on a government official and resisting a public officer.

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Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Man faces drug charges, accused of throwing crack out car window

A man was arrested on drug trafficking charges Wednesday after he allegedly fled a traffic stop in downtown Asheville and then started throwing crack cocaine out of the window of his car, Asheville Police said in a release.

Weaverville Police Chief Somer Oberlin and retiring chief Ron Davis
Local
2 years ago
Changing of the guard brings Weaverville its first woman police chief

Weaverville’s first female police chief said she has a lot in common with the man she’s replacing. But she brings a different background to the job.

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Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Candler man charged in fatal crash on Smokey Park Highway

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A Candler man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal collision last Thursday night, March 21, on Smokey Park Highway at Acton Circle. John Terrell Foulk, 57, has been charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and failure to yield when making a left turn, Asheville Police said in a release. He was arrested and booked into Buncombe County Detention Facility on Friday and subsequently was released on a $5,000 unsecured bond.

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Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Three charged in a ‘surge’ of Asheville vehicle break-ins

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW.com) — A 19-year-old man and two unidentified juveniles have been arrested and charged in connection with a “surge” of vehicle break-ins since late last year, Asheville Police said.