Police: Man arrested in Sunday morning business break-in

17/01/2024

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) – The Asheville Police Department said a man accused of breaking into a business, damaging property and setting off a fire alarm has been arrested.

The department said officers responded to a business near the 7 block of New Leicester Highway around 4:49 a.m. on Jan.

14 to find a suspect armed with a knife inside of the business. Upon seeing officers, the suspect fled.

Following a search of the business, officers located 50-year-old Joseph Thomas Hughes, Jr. hiding inside a cooler and were able to take him into custody.

According to police, Hughes was charged with felony breaking and entering, resist officers and damage to property. He was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Center under no bond.

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