Drug trafficking suspect hit with laundry list of felony charges

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Jacob Lee Beasley, 36, was arrested by Asheville Police Department officers today on 12 different charges, many for drug trafficking.

According to an APD press release, Beasley was apprehended by officers during proactive crime prevention patrol on Asheville Housing Authority property.

Officers took Beasley into custody around 1:31 a.m., Thursday, May 21 at the Ashton Park Garden Apartments.

Jacob Lee Beasley charges

  • (F) Trafficking Schedule I (Fentanyl)
  • (F) Possession With Intent to Manufacture Sell Deliver Schedule I (Fentanyl)
  • (F) Possession With Intent to Manufacture Sell Deliver Schedule I (Hallucinogenic Mushrooms)
  • (F) Possession With Intent to Manufacture Sell Deliver Schedule I (MDMA)
  • (F) Possession With Intent to Manufacture Sell Deliver Schedule I (LSD)
  • (F) Possession With Intent to Manufacture Sell Deliver Schedule Schd II (Methamphetamine)
  • (F) Possession With Intent to Manufacture Sell Deliver Schedule Controlled Substance Within 1000ft of a School
  • (F) Possession With Intent to Manufacture Sell Deliver Schedule Controlled Substance Within 1000ft of a Park
  • (F) Felony Maintain Vehicle Dwelling or Place for Controlled Substance
  • (F) Possession of Firearm by Felon
  • (M) Simple Possession of Schedule VI
  • (M) Drug Paraphernalia

Beasley was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under no bond by a magistrate…

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