- Two individuals are facing a slew of felony charges after allegedly burglarizing retired NASCAR driver Dave Marcis’ home in Arden, North Carolina.
Two people are now facing a combined stack of felony charges after Buncombe County and Henderson County deputies tracked down the pair accused of ransacking retired NASCAR driver Dave Marcis’ home in Arden, North Carolina. That’s a lot of paperwork for what could have been written up as a routine house burglary, and the charge sheet itself hints at something more calculated than two opportunists smashing a window.
We covered the original break-in when it happened in late August, after deputies responded to Marcis’ home and classified the case as felony breaking and entering with high-value items confirmed stolen. Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office Captain Dustan Aldridge summed up the loss simply: “Many of the items taken from Mr. Marcis were personal and irreplaceable.”
The case moved quickly once investigators zeroed in on suspects. On Sept. 8, detectives arrested Hailey Bowlin, initially on a probation violation. A day later, she was booked into the Henderson County Detention Center on second-degree burglary, possession of a firearm by a felon, larceny of a firearm, larceny after breaking and entering, and five separate counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. Cameron Samotis, also charged with second-degree burglary on Sept. 8, was arrested the following day in Henderson County and is being held at the same facility…