Crime & Safety
2 months ago
Drug bust at Murray Hill Park: APD seizes crack cocaine, MDMA, more in four arrests

Officers and detectives with the Asheville Police Department arrested four individuals in possession of narcotics at Murray Hill Park on Thursday afternoon following community complaints of drug activity in the area.

Deshawn Lamar Perry, 32, with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to inflict serious injury and possession of a firearm by a felon
Crime & Safety
2 months ago
Asheville shooting suspect considered armed, dangerous

The victim was taken to the hospital with five non-life-threatening gunshot wounds

Crime & Safety
2 months ago
Kurdys cites experience, compassion in bid for Buncombe County DA

Senior assistant district attorney practices trauma-informed justice and commits to eliminating case backlog

Crime & Safety
2 months ago
APD arrests armed felon in neighborhood near River Arts District

Asheville Police Department officers arrested a felon in possession of a firearm early Sunday as part of ongoing efforts to reduce gun violence in an Asheville neighborhood near the River Arts District.

Crime & Safety
2 months ago
APD make four drug-related arrests in two days in major crackdown

Asheville Police Department officers made multiple narcotics-related arrests over the course of the weekend, taking four individuals into custody on outstanding warrants and drug charges during proactive enforcement efforts following community complaints about illicit drug activity.

Cody Blake Strickler
Crime & Safety
2 months ago
Waynesville man gets prison time for courthouse bomb threat

On March 19, Strickler called 911 and reported: ‘The emergency is at the courthouse, the new one, there’s a bomb’

Crime & Safety
2 months ago
Fake Medicaid calls prompt warning from Buncombe officials

Authorities say scammers may spoof caller ID numbers to make it appear the call is coming from a government agency

Crime & Safety
2 months ago
Alexander man charged with assault after stabbing

Deputies were called to Walt Drive in Alexander, where they found a man suffering from a stab wound near his shoulder

Crime & Safety
2 months ago
Former school board member arrested on child sex charges

The Only Hope founder was taken into custody in Henderson County after report of sexual assaults involving juveniles

Christopher Lee Allison
Crime & Safety
2 months ago
Man sentenced to more than 10 years in Buncombe child sex case

Christopher Lee Allison, 41, pleaded guilty to attempted statutory sex offense with a child under the age of 15

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