Buncombe County deputies arrest sex offender in Arden burglary case
Deputies say complaints about a man exposing himself led them to Terry Lee Branks, who now faces burglary and sex-offender registration charges in Arden.
Buncombe County deputies arrested Terry Lee Branks after complaints about a man exposing himself near Ledbetter Road and Daphne Drive in Arden turned into a burglary investigation. The complaints came in on May 22, and a resident later reported that someone entered their home while they were sleeping and stole items.
Investigators identified the suspect as 46-year-old Terry Lee Branks, who lived near the area. Branks had not verified his address with the Sex Offender Registry, and investigators recovered some of the stolen property during the investigation. He was charged with first-degree burglary, failure to register as a sex offender, larceny after breaking and entering, and indecent exposure.
Branks was being held in the Buncombe County Detention Facility with no bond. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation maintains the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry, and state law authorizes sheriffs to attempt to verify that a registered offender still lives at the last registered address.
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