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Tip leads to arrest on meth charges

By Bill Moss, Published: June 1, 2017

Henderson County sheriff’s deputies arrested two people on felony drug charges on Wednesday after responding to a call that a suspicious item had been left at a local business.

Detectives were able to determine the suspicious item contained approximately 12 grams of methamphetamine. After investigating, the detectives charged Wendy Danielle Presnell (Davis), 33, of 5554 Old Linville Road in Marion, with Felony Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sell or Deliver Methamphetamine, Felony Conspiracy to Sell/Deliver Schedule II Controlled Substance, Misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Misdemeanor Driving While License Revoked; and Robert William Shook, 34, of Asheville, with Felony Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sell or Deliver Methamphetamine
Felony Conspiracy to Sell/Deliver Schedule II Controlled Substance.

Shook also had outstanding warrants out of Buncombe County. He was released from the Henderson County Jail under a $20,000 secured bond. Presnell had outstanding warrants out of McDowell County. She was released from the Henderson County Jail under a $22,000 secured bond.