Day: April 8, 2011
DA delays trials as APD evidence room investigation continues
District Attorney Ron Moore will hold in abeyance APD felony cases while the State Bureau of Investigation looks into missing evidence in the APD property room. Meanwhile, Chief Bill Hogan asserts that the APD was following proper procedure in an earlier evidence audit, and calls the problems “regrettable.”
Remembering the Marion Massacre: A scrapbook
This scrapbook of news articles and photos chronicles the labor strikes of 1929 in Marion, N.C., which came to a bloody head when six picketing mill workers were fatally shot and dozens more were injured by local law enforcement. 
This is a companion piece to our March 29 cover story, “Mountain Shame.” Click the link to read the original article.
SBI seals APD evidence room, investigating missing drugs ***UPDATED 2:13 p.m. Thursday***
The State Bureau of Investigation has sealed, and is investigating, the Asheville Police Department property room due to 397 missing tablets of Oxycodone. The SBI claims the investigation was requested by the Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office, while the APD claims the investigation began internally. Records obtained by Xpress reveal that the APD’s longtime evidence manager was placed under investigative suspension before his resignation earlier this year, though an APD official says “it’s difficult to speculate” if that’s related to the investigation.
Rich Orris was there, and if you weren’t, you shoulda been.
