APD Arrest Felon on Drug Trafficking Charges

Asheville -- February 1, 2023: The Asheville Police Department collaborated with regional and statewide
partners to apprehend a wanted

felon who was in possession of a weapon, over $12,000 in cash, and a trafficking quantity of Oxycodone pills.

Around 12:58 PM on January 30, Jayleen Marquse Boston (3/11/1993) was apprehended near Montford Avenue. Boston and a traveler were arrested, charges below:

Jayleen Marquse Boston (3/11/1993)
-Charged: Trafficking in Opium or Heroin by Possession
-Charged: Trafficking in Opium or Heroin by Transport
-Charged: Possession of Firearm by Felon
-Charged: Possession with Intent to Sell or Deliver Schedule II
-Charged: Possession with Intent to Sell or Deliver Schedule I
-Charged: Maintain a Vehicle for Controlled Substances
-Grand Jury Indictment: Habitual Felon
-Warrant: 2nd Degree Kidnapping
-Warrant: Assault with a Deadly Weapon
-Warrant: Assault by Pointing a Gun
-Warrant: Felony Larceny
-Warrant: Interfering w/ Emergency Communication
Tavaris Javon Demazea Hicks (2/15/2000)
-Charged: Simple Possess Schedule II
Seized:
-Glock 43X pistol (9mm)
-40 DU of Oxycodone
-0.86g of MDMA
-$12,436.38
Boston was booked into the Buncombe County Detention facility under a $162,000 secured bond (or $16,200 to a bondsman) issued by the magistrate.
Hicks was booked into the Buncombe County Detention facility under a $7,000 secured bond (or $700 to a bondsman) issued by the magistrate.
If you have information about illegal gun or drug activity, you are encouraged to contact APD at (828) 252-1110. Or you 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.

WNCTIMES by Marjorie Farrington