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January 13 - January 19, 2011 Vol. 9 • No. 2 Woodfin • Weaverville • Barnardsville • Alexander Fifty Cents Police nab suspected chainsaw thief


By Matt Tate Weaverville police arrested an


Asheville man Friday (Jan. 7) be- lieved to have stolen two chainsaws


from a truck parked at Ingles. Daniel Ray Sprouse, of Hol-


combe Drive, is charged with felony breaking and entering of a motor vehicle and misdemeanor larceny. He was held at the Bun-


combe County Detention Center under a $6,000 bond. Cpl. Tomas Fulmer with the


Weaverville Police Department observed what he determined to be a suspicious vehicle on Friday at Ingles on Weaver Boulevard. According to a release from the


department, Fulmer watched as a man reached into the bed of a pickup truck parked in the Ingles parking lot and stole two chain- saws before driving off.


Fulmer stopped the suspect in


the Weaverville Plaza parking lot. After investigating the activity, Fulmer, along with Sgt. Brandon Paris with the department, deter- mined the chainsaws were stolen from an unsuspecting victim who was shopping inside the store while the theft was taking place and took Sprouse, 37, into custody. Another passenger, Joseph


Christian Hardin, of Wren Lane in Asheville, was also arrested on


Multiple snow storms bury North


Buncombe See story on page 2


Daniel Sprouse is facing two charges.


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warrants. “Tis was outstanding work


by Fulmer, recognizing that the vehicle and occupants were act- ing suspicious in an already busy parking lot, and then witnessing the entire act without the suspect knowing he was being watched. Suspect arrested, items returned to their owner, that is good police work,” stated Chief Greg Stephens with the Weaverville Police De- partment.


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