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T. C. Roberson student arrested on handgun charge

2 weeks ago in Crime & Safety, Local

T. C. Roberson student arrested on handgun charge

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a T. C. Roberson High School student after discovering a handgun in a car on campus.

Just before 9 a.m. this morning, Friday, May 8, Amaad Josiah Jordan, 18, was charged with Weapons on Campus or Educational Property and booked at the Buncombe County Detention Facility.

“We appreciate our partnership with Buncombe Schools and we take the role of keeping our schools safe very seriously. We worked closely with school leadership to investigate this, and arrive at this outcome,” said BCSO District 1 Captain Dustan Aldredge in a press release.

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