Edneyville (May 16, 2021) - Law officers, their families and supporters turned out Saturday evening on Police Officers Memorial Day to pay tribute to fallen officers and hear the community s law enforcement leaders call on them to be "keepers of the light of these fallen heroes."
During the search deputies seized 424 grams of methamphetamine, 1,078 doses of MDMA/Ecstasy, 16 grams of crack cocaine, 10 grams of cocaine, three grams of fentanyl, 53 grams of marijuana/THC products and $4,550 in cash. Bryon Antonio Gaines was arrested and charged with trafficking in methamphetamine level 3, trafficking in MDMA, three counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver schedule II controlled substance, possession with intent to sell and deliver schedule VI controlled substance and maintaining a dwelling for drug sales.
Henderson County Sheriff Lowell Griffin urged anyone with information regarding suspected drug activity to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 828-694-2954 or submit an anonymous tip via its mobile app, available for download free in the App Store and Google Play by searching for Henderson County Sheriff.
Police: Investigation leads to drug seizure, arrest, $1.1M bond for Hendersonville man
From staff reports
On April 28, detectives with the Henderson County Drug Task Force, with assistance from the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office, executed a search warrant at 1619 Fruitland Road in Hendersonville.
The search warrant was executed as a result of an investigation being conducted by detectives on Bryon Antonio Gaines.
As a result of the search warrant, the following items were seized:
424 grams of methamphetamine
16 grams of crack cocaine
10 grams of cocaine
$4,550 in cash
Trafficking in methamphetamine level 3
Trafficking in MDMA level 1
Three counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver a Schedule 2 controlled substance
District attorney is removed from office under rarely used state law
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A North Carolina district attorney was removed from office Tuesday in a process that began with an affidavit filed by a grassroots group of victims’ families.
Using a little-known state law, the families claimed that district attorney Gregory Newman should be removed for mishandling cases and failing to prosecute felonies, the Asheville Citizen Times reports.
The process culminated in a removal order by Superior Court Judge Robert C. Ervin, who appointed independent counsels, had a hearing and found that Newman had engaged in willful misconduct in office. His findings were based on two disciplinary cases involving dropped charges and a failure to notify a victim of a plea deal. In both cases, Newman made false statements to the state bar, Ervin said.
In a 30-page order filed with the Henderson County Clerk of Superior Court, Judge Robert C. Ervin of Burke County spelled out 378 points from the inquiry and concluded that Newman’s action warranted his removal under a state law governing a complaint filed with the Clerk of Superior Court to oust an elected prosecutor for misconduct.
“Based on the foregoing finding of fact and conclusions of law, it is hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed that Gregory A. Newman is hereby permanently removed from office as district attorney and his salary shall be terminated as of the date of the filing of this order,” Ervin wrote.