Naked man arrested after attempted break-ins in Asheville neighborhood

Asheville police arrested Raymond Steven Young after multiple reports of a naked man trying to break into residences along Deer Lake Drive in Asheville. Officers responded to the neighborhood after calls about a man walking naked in the area and attempting to get into homes, a disturbance that quickly drew attention from residents in the surrounding Buncombe County neighborhood.

Police identified the suspect as Raymond Steven Young, born Sept. 22, 1957. The reports tied the arrest to a string of naked break-in attempts in the Deer Lake Drive area, where the focus was on homes rather than a single isolated encounter on the street. Asheville police said the man was walking in the area naked when officers took him into custody.

The Deer Lake Drive calls fit a pattern that neighbors on a residential street would notice immediately: a person moving door to door, making break-in attempts, and doing so without clothing. The case was also described as a naked man trying to break into homes in an Asheville neighborhood, underscoring how quickly a disturbance in one part of the city can become a safety concern for nearby residents. The arrest centered on that cluster of reports, with Young identified as the man police took into custody.