Press release from the Asheville Police Department:
Asheville Police Department Detectives are investigating an armed robbery that occurred around midnight Friday after a man told police he was robbed of $100 by gunpoint in central Asheville.
APD Patrol Officers responded to the 100 block of Bartlett Street, about a mile south of downtown, just after midnight on Oct. 22 to investigate a report of a robbery. The victim told police a couple of people came up to him while he was sitting inside his truck in a parking lot and demanded money. He said a man brandished a handgun and robbed him of $100.
Police also spoke with a witness at the scene who said that at least two people – a black male with dreads and a white shirt and blue jeans, along with a female with somewhat short blonde hair – approached the car and robbed the man.
Further investigation by patrol officers identified the suspect’s vehicle as a late-90’s-model red Ford F-150 with big chrome wheels.
If you have any information about this case, please send an anonymous tip by texting TIP2APD to 847411. You can also use the TIP2APD smartphone application (search “Asheville PD” in your app store). You can also contact APD at (828) 252-1110
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