The suspect had escaped by the time police arrived. The victim was sent to Mission Hospital for treatment after they discovered him with a severe knife wound to his arm.
Officers found Harold Dudley Ervin (08/31/1965) on the front porch of a nearby home after swiftly identifying him.
Ervin was taken into custody without incident and charged with Assault With a Deadly Weapon With Intent to Kill, Going Armed to the Terror of People, and Second Degree Trespass.
Ervin was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under NO BOND (ineligible for release) by a magistrate due to the Pretrial Integrity Act.
If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact APD at (828) 252-1110. You can also send an anonymous tip using the TIP2APD smartphone application (search “Asheville PD” in your app store) or by texting TIP2APD to 847411
Editor's Note: A criminal charge is an accusation, by law, a person accused of a crime is innocent until proven in a court of law.
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