Jason Sandford
Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.
Wednesday on the 10 with Holly Headrick and Frank Fraboni:
Men caught in Waynesville bathroom sex sting
WLOSers said more than a dozen men were caught in a sex sting that involved public restrooms at Waynesville’s recreation park and the Internet tubes.
Six people were arrested in the bathroom sting, and seven more who responded to an ad police placed on Craig’s List were arrested in that operation. Operation Summer Heat, according to the cops. Aren’t they so clever?
Frank Fraboni went to the Dripolater to find people using computers, and he showed them all the nastiness one can find on Craig’s List, where they have an “erotic services” linky. Fraboni also talked with Ian Booth, a local enviro, who said yeah, there’s some tasteless stuff on the Intertubes. Fraboni then check the NY Times and discovered that police agenices across the country are using Craig’s List advertisements to catch prostitues and sexual prostitutes.
In other news…
Another Mountains Most Wanted suspect has been arrested. He had outstanding warrants on trafficking cocaine… Asheville police launched the local Click It or Ticket campaign to get people to use their seatbelts…. State lawmakers want a special session next week to override Gov. Easley’s veto of the $40 million incentives package for a Goodyear plant in Fayeteville…
In still other news…
A computer crash shut down the Buncombe County Register of Deeds Office. Otto DeBruhl said its never happened in his 20-plus years as register of deeds, and they’ll get it fixed so we don’t lose any vital records… Former Roberson High School quarterback Cameron Underwood, who was found dead last Sunday in his N.C. State dorm room, will be memorialized at a service Saturday at Biltmore Baptist Church. Underwood had been battling a brain tumor… And the Wall that Heals, a half-sized replica of the Vietnam Memorial, is on display in Swannanoa at the Gene Lumus Harley Davidson outlet.
