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WEEKLY
COMMUNITY
NEWSPAPER
February 4 - February 10, 2010 Vol. 8 • No. 05 Woodfin • Weaverville • Barnardsville Fifty Cents
Man charged with murder
investigators have charged an acquain-
By Matt Tate
tance of his with his death after a shoot-
ing Friday night (Jan. 29).
A Barnardsville man is dead, and Investigators say 66-year-old Fred Police make arrest
Foreclosure
Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office
Continued on page 5
cases loom
following chase
over Altura
By Matt Tate
By Matt Tate
Police arrested a Weaver-
One foreclosure filing against
ville man for stealing a car fol-
a planned upscale North Bun-
lowing a chase on South Main
combe community was held last
Street that reached speeds in
week while another was contin-
excess of 65 miles per hour.
ued.
Jason Dean Branham, of
A filing from Winston Sa-
Pinnacle Park Road, is also
lem-based investor Roger Page
charged with speeding, reck-
against Altura Communities for
less driving and driving while
more than $7 million was held
license revoked.
Friday (Jan. 29). An $18 mil-
Officer Andy Mace with the
lion filling from Seattle-based
Weaverville Police Depart-
Olympic Coast Investments
ment spotted the Jeep Liberty,
was continued until later this
believed to have been stolen
month.
in Madison County, on Jan.
The $5 million original sale
24 on South Main Street.
Police say Jason Dean
looms as the only bid, according
Following an attempt to stop Branham led units on a
to the Buncombe County Clerk
the vehicle, Mace engaged in chase through downtown
of Superior Court. Upset bids,
a chase toward Reems Creek
Weaverville.
which must exceed the current
Road. Police say Branham
bid by 5 percent, will be accept-
was behind the wheel, swerv- Road intersection.
ed until Monday (Feb. 8).
ing into traffic and running a The pursuit ended on Pin-
Altura CEO Frank Peterson
stop sign at the Reems Creek
said in a January interview that
Continued on page 6
Fred McDaniel Crain faces a second-degree murder charge.
Continued on page 13
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