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Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Brevard College employee charged after lost Whitman book hit eBay

Police recovered a $100,000 1st edition of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” and arrested a man who said he had it “stored” at home.

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Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Student charged in fatal weekend crash at I-40 off-ramp

An 18-year-old driver is facing a charge of reckless driving and two counts of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle in connection with a crash Saturday night at an off-ramp to Interstate 40 in Asheville.

Asheville Police
Crime & Safety
2 years ago
UPDATE: Asheville police investigate a spate of drive-by shootings

Police are asking for the public’s help to investigate a spate of drive-by shootings that have damaged property.

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.

Asheville Police
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.