Drugs, machete, gun seized in arrest

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    Hendersonville, North Carolina (WLOS) — An Edneyville man was arrested Thursday morning after authorities received a call about a suspicious vehicle parked behind a building on South Allen Road in Hendersonville.

The caller said the driver of the vehicle had a domestic violence protective order against him taken by a party in a nearby building.

A Henderson County Sheriff’s deputy found Radames Caquias Hodges, 41, in possession of a loaded 12-gauge shotgun, a machete and methamphetamine. Hodges was found to be in violation of a domestic violence protective order by being at that location and was in further violation by being in possession of a firearm. One of the suites in the building where Hodges was arrested was an occupied childcare/pre-kindergarten facility.

Hodges was arrested without incident and charged with the following:
(Misdemeanor) Domestic violence protective order violation
(Felony) Possession of a firearm in violation of a domestic violence protective order
(Felony) Possession of methamphetamine

Hodges is being held in the Henderson County Detention Facility under a $77,000 secured bond.

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