Asheville Police quickly apprehended a naked man attempting to break into residences in a west Asheville neighborhood Friday night.
APD Patrol Officers responded to the 50 block of Madeline Avenue around 7:26 p.m. to investigate reports of a naked man running around the neighborhood and attempting to break into residences. A homeowner told officers they heard a man yelling in their next-door neighbor's fenced-in backyard. Shortly after directing their two young children to enter the residence, the naked man jumped over the fence into their yard and attempted to enter the side door of the home where the children were.
Officers canvassed the neighborhood and located Ronald Jamal Billings (04/21/1993) inside a residence that was under construction. Billings was taken into custody and charged with the following:
-Felony Indecent Exposure x2
-Misdemeanor Indecent Exposure x3
-Felony Breaking or Entering with Intent to Terrorize
-Misdemeanor Breaking or Entering
-Injury to Personal Property
-First Degree Trespassing
-Resist/Delay/Obstruct
Billings is currently being held in the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $70,000 secured bond (or $7,000 to a bondsman) issued by the magistrate.