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Asheville --  Press Release Asheville Police Department: Asheville Police officers arrested a man for Driving While Impaired following multiple

hit-and-runs in downtown and west Asheville

Monday afternoon. Thankfully, nobody was injured; only property damage has been reported.
Officers responded to numerous reports of hit-and-runs involving a silver Toyota Tacoma in downtown Asheville early afternoon on March 10th. The suspect was then reported to be crashing into vehicles in West Asheville. Shortly thereafter, officers located the Tacoma with front-end damage in a driveway on Dellwood Street around 2:06 p.m. and made contact with Josiah Christian Evan Ligiecki (12/24/1998), who was taken into custody.

Arrested:
Josiah Christian Evan Ligiecki (12/24/1998)
-Driving While Impaired
-Driving While License Revoked Impaired
-Hit And Run Leaving The Scene Property Damage x3
-Injury to Personal Property x3
-Resisting Public Officer

Ligiecki was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $20,000 (or $2,000 to a bondsman) secured bond issued by a magistrate.

Starting March 10, the Asheville Police Department and other state agencies are participating in the Governor’s Highway Safety Program St. Patrick’s Day “Booze It & Lose It” campaign through March 17. This campaign is designed to keep impaired drivers off the road and ensure safer travel during the holiday period. Plan ahead by arranging a sober ride home through a sober friend or family member, a rideshare service, taxi, or public transportation.

If you have any information about these incidents, you are asked to contact the 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.