𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻

Buncombe County -- April 23, 2024: Buncombe County Sheriff's Office News Release:

Randall Paul Penland Jr. has been sentenced to serve between 40 and 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of Larceny after Breaking or Entering and one count of Attempted Larceny according to the Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office.

Last October, Detectives with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office brought charges against Mr. Penland as a Habitual Felon. He was charged with a string of Breaking and Enterings in the Fairview and Arden areas of Buncombe County. He was accused of targeting women, waiting until they were not home then breaking into their homes to steal jewelry.
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳’𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀
(October 11, 2023) Detectives with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office have arrested Randall Paul Penland Jr., age 47, for a series of Breaking and Enterings in the Fairview and Arden areas. On Friday, September 29th, 2023, Detectives received information that led to a search warrant being executed at the residence of 84 Concord Road in Asheville.
Charged filed by the Sheriff’s Office are:
• Six counts of Felony Breaking and Entering
• Three Counts of Felony Larceny After Breaking
• Misdemeanor Larceny

Penland was on Parole. As a result of these parole violations, he has been transferred back to the Department of Adult Corrections to complete the remainder of his sentence from a Habitual Felon conviction in 2014.
After an extensive investigation beginning this summer, Detectives recovered stolen property from Penland’s residence. Penland targeted the homes of older women in the community and when they weren’t home, he would break in and steal jewelry and other personal items of value. Led by Detective David Reed of the Sheriff’s Office this remains an active investigation.

“Thank you to our Detectives who worked long hours to move this investigation forward and recover this stolen property,” says Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller.