Man Shoplifting Arrested Armed with Machete

Asheville --  A man was taken into custody by Asheville Police on Monday night in relation to an armed robbery that occurred at a grocery store in west Asheville.

Around 5:25 p.m. on March 31st, police arrived at a grocery store in the 600 block of Haywood Road to look into an armed robbery.  When cops arrived, a store employee said that a man had taken incense and a cinnamon bun, brandished a machete when he was confronted, and then fled on foot.

While canvassing the area, officers quickly located the suspect, who matched the description and was eating a cinnamon bun. 
Jeffrey Dewayne Bradburn (12/27/1991) was taken into custody without incident and charged with the following: 
-Robbery With Dangerous Weapon
-Shoplifting Concealment Goods 
-Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Bradburn was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $50,000 (or $5,000 to a bondsman) secured bond issued by a magistrate.
If you have any information about 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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