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Asheville man charged with punching ex-girlfriend

Staff Reports • October 1, 2009 07:45 AM

--An Asheville man has been charged with assault on a female after allegedly punching his former girlfriend in front of her children, warrants show.

Christopher Leon Johnson, 32, of Granada Street was being held in the Buncombe County Detention Center with no bond authorized for at least 48 hours, according to the Asheville-Buncombe County Magistrate’s Court.

Johnson also faces charges for failure to appear in court on previous charges of driving with his license revoked and trespassing. His bond was set at $40,000 on those charges.

--Jared Maurice Hatch, 24, of Old Fort Road, Fairview, was charged with assault on a female, communicating threats and trespassing. He is also charged with failure to appear on previous counts of communicating threats and resisting law officers. He was being held in the Asheville-Buncombe County Detention Center with bond set at $3,500.

--Garland Lee Casey, 25, of Short Flint Street, Asheville

was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell.

He was being held with bond set at $10,000.

--NC moves prisoners as state closes facilities.

Prisoners to hit the streets.

The state Correction Department is moving about 950 prisoners as North Carolina's budget problems force it to close seven minimum-security prisons.

The moves will save about $22 million. They're part of the state plan to

eliminate 1,000 jobs because of statewide budget cuts.

Department spokesman Keith Acree says the state will focus on expanding larger prisons, which are less expensive to operate than smaller ones.

--A Swannanoa woman has been arrested after a grand jury indicted her on several counts of dealing marijuana, according to warrants filed in the Buncombe County Magistrate’s Court. Alma Vargas Morales, 32, of Ridge Road, Swannanoa faces six charges of conspiring to traffic in marijuana and maintaining a home for dealing drugs. She was being held in the Asheville-Buncombe County Detention Center with bond set at $50,000

asheville news of NC @ Oct 01, 2009 09:18:50 AM