CRIME & SAFETY
Asheville woman faces charges after I-26 crash, discovery of drugs
An Asheville woman faces multiple charges stemming from an April 27 traffic accident on Interstate 26 that eventually led to the discovery of drugs concealed in body cavities. According to a release issued by Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Frank Rogers, UCSD deputies were dispatched to a single vehicle collision on I-26 at the 52.8 mile marker.
Man charged after being seen driving dead man’s vehicle
MARION, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A 48-year-old man has been charged with felonious larceny and felonious breaking or entering of a motor vehicle after reports he was operating the vehicle of a man who was found dead last week. Scotty Styles was arrested April 24 by McDowell County Sheriff’s Office...
Masked men break into business on Tunnel Road
A business located near the Ingles on Tunnel Road was broken into around 4:06 a.m. on April 22. Surveillance footage shows two masked subjects entering the building and then trying to shoot out the cameras. Asheville Police officers responded to the scene following reports of a glass door being shattered....
Man wanted in grandmother's killing arrested in N.C.
RIVERDALE — A man wanted in the killing of his grandmother in Riverdale was recently arrested in western North Carolina, according to an alert sent by Clayton County Sheriff’s Office Sunday afternoon. As of Sunday, Takeem Rashad Moore, 33, was being held without bond in the Buncombe County...
Jewelry thief who targeted older women had a long criminal history
A Buncome County man accused of targeting the homes of older women, waiting until they were not home then breaking in to steal jewelry will serve three to five years in prison. Randal Paul Penland Jr., 47, was charged in October with a string of breaking and enterings in the...
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