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Accomplice still at large
From Staff Reports
Amanda Wray, a UNC Asheville associate professor of English, was charged in early October with a misdemeanor following accusations that she stole a political sign.
Mike Summey, treasurer of the local political action committee Angry Buncombe Taxpayers, told local news reporters that he saw Wray and an unidentified woman remove a sign Oct. 5, near the intersection of Leicester Highway and Mt. Carmel Road.
Wray turned herself in about 10:25 a.m. Oct. 7 at the Buncombe County Detention Facility, after a warrant was issued for arrest in connection with stealing a political sign. Her female accomplice, however, has not yet been located.
Buncombe Sheriff Van Duncan said his unit will try to identify the woman who Summey said was working with Wray.
Removing a lawfully placed political sign is a crime in North Carolina.
Summey, who is the treasurer of the Angry Buncombe Taxpayers, said he caught Wray and the other woman in the act, saying that when he saw the signs being stolen, he pulled over and confronted the women, who then ran toward a vehicle.
He added that he snapped a picture of the vehicle, which is how he was able to track Wray down with the help of law enforcement.
Angry Buncombe Taxpayers paid for the signs to be made and placed throughout the county, he noted. |
