APD Arrest Naked Man Attempting to Break Into Home

Asheville -- August 8, 2023: On Friday night, Asheville police quickly caught a naked man who was trying to break into homes in a west Asheville neighborhood.

At 7:26 p.m., APD Office Reports Patrol Officers went to the 50 block of Madeline Avenue to look into reports of a naked man running around the area and trying to break into homes. 

A homeowner told police that they heard a man screaming in the fenced-in backyard of their next-door neighbor. Shortly after telling their two young children to come inside, the naked man jumped over the fence into their yard and tried to get in through the side door where the children were. Officers investigated and found Ronald Jamal Billings inside a house that was still being built. Billings was arrested and accused of the following:

Felony Indecent Exposure x2
-Misdemeanor Indecent Exposure x3
-Felony Breaking or Entering with Intent to Terrorize
-Misdemeanor Breaking or Entering
-Injury to Personal Property
-First Degree Trespassing
-Resist/Delay/Obstruct
Billings is currently being held in the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $70,000 secured bond (or $7,000 to a bondsman) issued by the 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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