APD Arrest Man Who Failed to Appear on Sex Crimes, Found with Drugs

Asheville --  July 14,  2022) Wednesday afternoon, detectives and officers from the Asheville Police Department arrested a man in west Asheville for failing to appear in court on sex offenses charges,

as well as for having many outstanding warrants and narcotics charges. Five additional individuals were charged and arrested on warrants.

Yesterday around 3 p.m., officers spotted a known offender, Derek Dewain Carpenter, 23, in the 200 block of Deaverview Road. Carpenter failed to appear in court on a pending rape charge in the county, resulting in the issuance of arrest warrants and pretrial violations. Additionally, he has outstanding warrants for a number of additional crimes, including theft of a firearm and fleeing from police in a stolen vehicle.
Carpenter fled on foot into the surrounding woods after authorities made contact with him; officers pursued and apprehended him, discovering probable methamphetamine and fentanyl on his person.

Arrests

Derek Dewain Carpenter (4/21/1999)
OFA: 2nd Degree Forcible Rape – two counts
OFA: Statutory Rape of a Child Less than 15 – two counts
OFA: Indecent Liberties with a Child – two counts
OFA: Incest with a Child – two counts
Warrant: Pretrial Release Violation – four counts
Warrant: Larceny of a Firearm
Warrant: Felony Flee to Elude Arrest w/ Motor Vehicle
Warrant: Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle
Warrant: Reckless Driving
Warrant: Misdemeanor Possession of Stolen Goods – two counts
Warrant: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia – two counts
Charged: Resist, Delay, Obstruct
Charged: Felony Possession of Schedule II – two counts
Charged: Simple Possession of Schedule IV
$1,047,000 secured bond
Kayla Marie Smith (3/6/1994)
OFA: Larceny by Employee
Charged: Felony Maintain a Dwelling for Controlled Substances
Jessica Nichole Davis (3/12/1991)
Charged: Felony Maintain a Dwelling for Controlled Substances
Adam Preston Rogers (7/25/1984)
OFA: Misdemeanor Stalking
Martin Howard Jones (8/16/1994)
Warrant: Felony Flee to Elude Arrest w/ Motor Vehicle
Warrant: Larceny of Motor Vehicle
Warrant: Felony Larceny
Nathaniel James Smith (8/30/1981)
Warrant: Civil Non-Support
Seized:
0.56 grams of methamphetamine
0.09 grams of fentanyl
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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