Asheville ???????? Arrested on Drug and Stolen Firearm Charges

Asheville -- March 7, 2022: On March 16, 2022, officers and detectives from the Asheville Police Department

arrested a suspect who was in possession of a stolen firearm, crack cocaine, and wanted in a recent hit-and-run
vehicle collision.

Dominique Tirrell Degree was taken into custody near Ledgewood Village Apartments in east Asheville around 5:30 p.m. March 16 and faces the following charges:

Possession of Firearm by Felon
Possession of Stolen Firearm
Reckless Driving
Hit & Run
Seized:
Charter Arms revolver (.32 magnum) *reported stolen in Georgia*
4.93 grams of crack cocaine
$612
Degree was transported to the Buncombe County Detention Center for booking, with a secured bond of $8,500.
APD detectives are continuing their investigation.
If anyone has any information about illegal drug or gun activity, you are encouraged to contact APD at (828) 252-1110. Or you send an anonymous tip using the TIP2APD smartphone application (search "Asheville PD" in your app store) or by texting TIP2APD to 847411.

*Editor's Note: A criminal charge is an accusation, by law, a person accused of a crime is innocent until proven in a court of law.

Wnctimes by Marjorie Farrington