The
Volume XI, Number 5
High-speed
chase ends
in arrest
By Michael Pauciello
News Editor
A UNCA campus police officer,
aided by the Asheville police, ap
prehended a man following a high
speed car chase through Asheville
Monday.
Police charged Robert Stafford
Webb III, 31, of San Diego, Calif.,
on numerous counts, including carry
ing a concealed weapon, assault on a
law enforcement officer, felony hit
and run, resisting arrest, reckless
driving and doing 95 miles per hour
in a 55 mph zone.
Campus police officer Richard
Bernier followed Webb off campus at
approximately 12:30 p.m. after asking
him to leave campus.
The ; chase, which included Bernier’s
campus police car and nine Asheville
police cars, ended when police sur
rounded Webb’s car and stopped him
near the Haywood Road exit of 1-240
in West Asheville.
Bernier said he followed Webb
because he failed to stop at a stop
sign. While still on campus, Webb
nearly hit two pedestrians, according
to Bernier. Bernier requested assist
ance from Asheville police once
Webb left campus on Edeewood
Road.
The chase continued with Bernier
following Webb around Beaver Lake
and onto Highway 19-23 South
before police stopped Webb on 1-240
at about 1:10 pjn.
"At one point I was doing 105 just
to catch up," said Bernier. When
Webb got out of his car, it took two
Please see CHASE page 16
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Reflections
A forked tree casts its image on a calm stream in
the UNCA Botanical Gardens.
Staff Photo—Chris Allison
This could be a last scene of summer as cooler
weather approaches and the leaves start to turn.