Detectives make arrests in November Arden business burglary, larceny
ARDEN, North Carolina (WLOS) Deputies with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office made two arrests following an investigation into a business alarm notification from November.
On Nov. 26, deputies from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office responded to an Arden business alarm notification.
The subsequent investigation led to detectives with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office Property Crimes Division executing search warrants and thereby identifying the suspects as James Cody Pickard and Jamie Renee Massey, both of Buncombe County.
James Cody Pickard has been given a $25,000 bond and charged with:
Felony Breaking and Entering
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