Buncombe County D.A. Announces Sentencing in Armed Robbery Case at Ingles on Merrimon Ave

Buncombe County  -- The Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office announces today that Tracee Lakiem Green, 33, has been sentenced

following his conviction for robbery

with a dangerous weapon stemming from an armed robbery at the Ingles located at 915 Merrimon Avenue on July 28, 2024.

The Honorable Jacqueline Grant sentenced Green to serve a term of 60-84 months in the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections.

The robbery occurred shortly after 9:00 p.m. on July 28, 2024, when Asheville Police Department officers responded to reports of two masked males armed with handguns who confronted two Ingles employees outside the store. The suspects demanded money collected from the gas station register. One of the employees fell and injured his leg during the incident but declined medical attention.

Witnesses reported seeing the suspects flee the scene in a dark-colored Subaru linked to Green. Officers located the vehicle shortly after, where it was seized and towed for further investigation under a search warrant. Both victims told investigators that the suspect resembled a former employee, and Ingles staff later confirmed that Green had worked for that location.

As part of his sentence, Green was ordered to obey a permanent no-contact order prohibiting Green from Ingles location on Merrimon Avenue and to participate in educational and vocational services while incarcerated. The firearm used in the commission of the crime was forfeited.

Judge Grant ordered that Green receive 217 days of pretrial confinement credit against the term of imprisonment imposed.

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