Beware if you are planning to venture to downtown Asheville. People are being robbed at gunpoint in the area near Mellow Mushroom. The police say the allyways are an easy escape route for these criminals. Asheville is catching and releasing their criminals, like the pre-trial release program in Haywood County, which was the first in the state of North Carolina.
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