NEWS RELEASE
RAPE SUSPECT ARRESTED
FOR: Public release
FROM: Haywood County Sheriff’s Office
DATE: October 6, 2015
An Asheville man was arrested early Tuesday morning and charged with raping a female acquaintance in her Clyde home Sunday.
Anthony Avante Thompson, 23, faces a charge of second-degree rape. He was jailed in lieu of $60,000 secured bond. His court date is slated for October 13.
Anthony Avante Thompson