Asheville man charged with shooting woman

ASHEVILLE - Police have charged an Asheville man with shooting a woman with a handgun, then trying to prevent her from calling 911.

Lee Clister Gray, 57, of Black Street is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and interfering with emergency communications, according to warrants filed at the Buncombe County Magistrate's Court. Gray is accused of shooting the woman in a dispute Wednesday, then taking her cell phone and breaking it. He was being held at the Buncombe County Detention Center with bond set at $100,000.

In other arrests:

James Eli Eldreth, 34, of Vista Lane, was arrested Saturday by Asheville police on charges of shoplifting cosmetics at Kmart on Patton Avenue. He was then charged in connection with a Sept 18 burglary at a West Asheville home.

Eldreth faces charges of breaking into a home on Wamboldt Avenue, stealing guns, coins, baseball memorabilia valued at more than $12,000. He is also charged with trying to pawn some of the stolen items on two occasions at Alan's Pawn Shop.

He was being held in the Buncombe detention center with bond set at $60,000.

Cody Lee Landis McCurry, 25, of Shelby Lane, Asheville was arrested by Biltmore Forest Police on various drug charges, including possession of cocaine, trafficking in opiates and possession of prescription drugs as well as half an ounce of marijuana. He was being held in the Buncombe jail with bond set at $50,000.