Asheville Police Arrest Woman in Bank Robbery

Asheville -- September 26, 2024: Asheville Police: APD officers responded to a bank in the 1300 block of Parkwood Road

around 3:31 p.m. on September 24th to investigate a robbery. Upon arrival, a bank manager told officers a woman entered the bank, gave a clerk a note, and left with $1,030. 

The woman was later identified as Christine Angela Johnson, Detectives located and arrested Johnson Wednesday night, charging her with Common Law Robbery.

Johnson was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $15,000 (or $1,500 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.

Detectives continue to investigate and ask that anyone with any information about this incident to please contact APD at (828) 252-1110. You can also send an anonymous tip using the TIP2APD smartphone application (search “Asheville PD” in your app store) or by texting TIP2APD to 847411.