APD arrests, charges 2 suspected of larceny at Asheville businesses
ASHEVILLE – Asheville police have arrested and charged a male and woman who broke into and stole from “various” local enterprises about the past several months, in accordance to a press release.
Police arrested Dawnina Jump, 24, of Cherokee and Jacob Bigwitch, 26, of Asheville next a “larceny incident” at a organization on Patton Avenue Could 7, according to the release. Arrest experiences say Jump was arrested May 7, with Bigwitch arrested Might 8.
Bounce fled a crime scene “just prior” to law enforcement arriving, and led them on a chase, but they were equipped to track down her, according to the release. She afterwards admitted who her partner was,law enforcement said.
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“All through an in-custody job interview at the jail, (Leap) told officers she had specified them a faux ID, and she also told them of other breaking-and-coming into crimes she and a different human being experienced dedicated,” the release mentioned. “As officers even more investigated, they determined the actual identity of the feminine suspect and the identity of her accomplice.”
An arrest warrant suggests that Bigwitch experienced a crowbar for prying, a hammer, pliers, a drill battery connected to a Sawzall and drill bits to drill out locks as burglary applications. The warrants say the two broke into at the very least two local businesses—a smoke shop and a Japanese restaurant.
The two stole cigarettes from the smoke shop to resell them, according to arrest warrants. They stole alcoholic beverages, a protected, hard cash register, funds, a laptop, mobile cellphone and audio/movie recordings, all valued around $3,059, from a area Japanese restaurant, in accordance to the release.
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Other fees are achievable. Police say the arrests have led to the closure of “various” small business larceny conditions.
Jump’s lawyer, Michael Macht, declined to remark. Bigwitch’s lawyer, community defender Brooks Kamszik, was out of the business and could not quickly be attained.
Ryan Oehrli is the breaking information and social justice reporter for the Asheville Citizen Instances. E mail [email protected] or call/text 252-944-6816 for tips.