Repeat Offender Arrested by Asheville Police

Asheville --  On Tuesday night, a guy with many outstanding warrants was apprehended by Asheville police officers stealing goods from an east Asheville store.

At approximately six o'clock on May 20th, officers were called to a business on Bleachery Boulevard that had been reported robbed.  Officers found a suspect who met the description given by store employees in possession of a stolen item upon arrival; this person was later identified as Trace Donovan Kirkland (02/15/1991).  

During the course of the inquiry, Kirkland was arrested after it was discovered that he had numerous outstanding warrants and several additional stolen items.

Arrested:

Trace Donovan Kirkland (02/15/1991)

(M) Larceny

(M) Resisting Public Officer

(M) Simple Possession Schedule IV

(M) Possess Drug Paraphernalia

Warrant:

(F) Breaking and Entering

(F) Larceny

(M) Communicating Threats

(M) Second Degree Trespass

(M) Indecent Exposure

(M) Possess Stolen Goods/Property

(M) Cruelty to Animals

Kirkland was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $35,000 (or $3,500 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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