Police are investigating separate cases June 18 and 19, when groups of males followed women, pointed guns and demanded car keys.
Police Chief Mike Lamb is scheduled to give an update on panhandling and other issues to the city’s Environment and Safety Committee Tuesday.
Daryl Thomas Johnson, 24, who was wanted on five open warrants, was found to be in possession of a firearm during his arrest.
Jacob Kyle Ledford was arrested in West Asheville after a brief foot chase Thursday.
Missive posted to alternative media site talks of “adversaries,” and says, “We strike to exploit their vulnerabilities”
Leonard Carlos Edwards, who was wanted for a shooting in Charlotte along with 11 open warrants, was arrested Wednesday in West Asheville.
“It is not OK to silence people through intimidation in this way,” Mayor Esther Manheimer said.
An 18-year-old man is charged with first degree murder, and a 33-year-old woman is charged with being an accessory after the fact, in connection with a homicide Sunday at a Long Shoals Road apartment complex, Asheville Police confirmed.
A woman was arrested early Tuesday while attempting to break into an east Asheville business, police say
The victim said the man stabbed him in the back with a hypodermic needle after he refused to give him money.