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August 26 - September 1, 2010 Vol. 8 • No. 34 Woodfin • Weaverville • Barnardsville Fifty Cents Fire guts Weaverville home
Clerk relies on ‘instinct’ in robbery attempt
By Matt Tate Te story of her bravery contin-
ues to pick up steam. One customer buying a soda
The source of the blaze that destroyed this home is still under investigation.
By Matt Tate The source of a fire that de-
stroyed a home on Terrace Lane
in the Ridgeway development in Weaverville is still under inves- tigation as of Wednesday (Aug. 25).
Weaverville firefighters re-
sponded to the blaze at 32 Ter- race Lane around 10:50 pm Mon-
Continued on page 2 Deputies make online prostitution arrest
By Matt Tate A Barnardsville man is facing a
charge of promoting the prostitu- tion of a child after a meeting al- legedly arranged online ended in his arrest.
Deputies from the Buncombe
County Sheriff’s Office arrested Michael Forrest Grant, 43, of Countryside Estates, at Barefoot Copiers, a copying business he owns in West Asheville. Undercover officers were re- sponding to a Craigslist ad Grant
had placed earlier this month. Tey posed as the parent of a 14-year- old girl. Detectives say Grant be- lieved he was paying the mother to have sex with the minor. Investigators had responded to an earlier Craigslist posting by
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Tuesday (Aug. 24) at One Stop convenience store in Barnards- ville called her “slugger.” An- other, thanks to a recent spot on a WLOS-TV news broadcast, called her a “movie star.” Clerk Charlotte Brown may
have never been faced with re- sponding to a robbery attempt before but she sure didn’t act like it.
When two females entered the
store around 7 pm on Sunday (Aug. 22) at 1164 Barnardsville Highway and demanded money, Brown said she refused and en- tered into a struggle with one of the suspects. She received a black eye for her efforts. When they grabbed the regis-
ter, Brown reached for a bat and retaliated, resulting in a scuffle
Clerk Charlotte Brown stood her ground Sunday.
in the front of the store that was caught by surveillance cameras. “I might not have had the right
decision, but it was my first in- stinct,” Brown said. Te suspects broke the cash
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