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On Friday November 23, 2012 at approximately 1145 hrs. deputies from the Buncombe County Sheriffs Office responded to a report of a dead body at Carrion Lane in the Candler community. The caller reported that they were cleaning up their property and discovered a white male lying near the edge of their property line. Sheriff’s [...]

The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the homicide of Thomas Curtis Reese. Reese is a white male 29 years of age. Reese was originally from Florida and was visiting the Asheville area recently. Sheriffs investigators have talked with witnesses who saw Reese and companions in the west Asheville and Candler area prior to his [...]

Halloween is once again upon us. Sheriff Loftis would like to provide these basic safety tips so that your trick-or-treating experience is a not only a great adventure and safe night for you and your children. You or a responsible adult should always accompany children ages 12 and under when trick-or-treating. – Ensure costumes fit [...]

On Sunday August 7 at 0600 hrs the Buncombe EOC received a 911 call from 1 Border Street in Black Mountain NC. The call was in reference to a domestic disturbance. Upon the arrival of responding officers it was discovered that three people had been stabbed. Two people had been fatally wounded and a third [...]

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On May 19, 2011 Detectives with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office and the Asheville Police Department arrested Stephen Schmid of Ed Debruhl Road, Alexander NC. Schmid was charged with three counts of 2nd degree sexual exploitation of a Minor and Manufacturing Marijuana. His bond is set at $65,000 secure. The NC State Bureau of Investigation [...]

On Monday May 16, 2011 Deputies of the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Division went to Pennsylvania Road in Horse Shoe, North Carolina to serve arrest warrants that had been issued for Travis Walter Mintz and Chelsea Lea Dickerson regarding an allegation and complaint for Injury to Real Property. During the warrant service deputies discovered [...]

On Sunday, May 1, 2011, at approximately 05:57 hrs., the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office arrested Antonio Carranza. Media coverage of this event has led to concerns among some community members as to the reasons that led deputies to arrest Mr. Carranza. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office received a request for assistance from the North Carolina [...]

On Wednesday April 27 at approximately 0400 hrs. members of the Buncombe County Sheriffs Office Sheriffs Response Team, the Asheville Police Department Drug Suppression Unit and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation located and arrested Parish Dewight Suber at the Dunbar Apartment Complex located in South Asheville. Suber was arrested without incident and booked [...]

The Buncombe County Sheriffs Office has arrested a candler man and charged him with first degree murder in the death on Mervine Street this morning. William Godfrey Hedden, Sams Branch Rd Candler , NC was booked about 8:00 pm into the Buncombe County jail.