ASHEVILLE – Two teenagers arrested in connection to a Feb. 9 home invasion in Leicester had their bonds set during Feb. 16 first appearances in Buncombe County District Court. Both are facing prior felony charges.
During the hearing, Noah Berry McDade, a 19-year-old resident of Buncombe County, was issued a secured bond of $200,000. McDade is also facing a felony aid and abet charge, which involved the discharge of a firearm into an occupied moving vehicle, Assistant Buncombe County District Attorney Katie Kurdys said in court.
Jayden Saleem Smith, 19, a Buncombe County resident, was given a secured bond of $100,000. Smith is facing a prior felony hit-and-run charge from a September that killed 34-year-old cyclist Patrick Jeffery Leroy.
Both McDade and Smith turned themselves in to authorities on the evening of Feb. 15,
Another 16-year-old has been taken into custody and charged on a juvenile petition related to the shooting.
The Feb. 9 home invasion resulted in the shooting of a 17-year-old who was identified on warrant documents and during a resident 911 call as one of the intruders in the home. The juvenile, identified as a TC Roberson student, has not been charged in the case.