Asheville Arrests involving Drugs & Guns in Two Separate Incidents

Asheville --  As part of continuous efforts to curb drug use and gun violence in a west Asheville neighborhood, officers from the Asheville Police Department made two arrests in different incidents Tuesday night.

 On April 29, at around 6:09 p.m., APD officers were called to a complaint of a man carrying a gun on Cordova Street.  Officers found a male, later identified as Justus Akeem Sloan (05/23/1995), throwing a gun in a trash can before going inside a nearby house.  The gun was found by the officers, who also safely arrested Sloan.

Later that night, officers approached Nicholas D. J. Ivers (01/13/1998) in the vicinity of the 490 block of Haywood Road as part of proactive crime prevention.  In addition to being arrested without incident, Ivers was discovered to be in possession of illegal substances.

Arrested:

Justus Akeem Sloan (05/23/1995)

(F) Firearm by Felon

(M) Carrying Concealed Gun

Sloan was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $50,000 (or $5,000 to a bondsman) secured bond issued by a magistrate.

Nicholas D. J. Ivers (01/13/1998)

(F) Possession of Fentanyl

(F) Possession of Methamphetamine 

Ivers was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $6,500 (or $650 to a bondsman) secured bond issued by a magistrate. 

If you have information about illegal gun or drug activity, you can send an anonymous tip by texting TIP2APD to 847411 or using the TIP2APD smartphone application (search "Asheville PD" in your app store). You can also contact APD at (828) 252-1110.  

Arrested:

Justus Akeem Sloan (05/23/1995)

(F) Firearm by Felon

(M) Carrying Concealed Gun

Sloan was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $50,000 (or $5,000 to a bondsman) secured bond issued by a magistrate.

Nicholas D. J. Ivers (01/13/1998)

(F) Possession of Fentanyl

(F) Possession of Methamphetamine 

Ivers was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $6,500 (or $650 to a bondsman) secured bond issued by a magistrate. 

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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