UPDATE: Kinston police report Dionate Whiteson was arrested on Thursday after a traffic stop on Hwy. 70 West in Kinston. He was wanted by the Asheville Police Department for the 2020 homicide of Teylyn McAlphin and for Possession of a Stolen Firearm in Kinston. Whitson was taken into custody without incident and will be held in the Lenoir County Detention Center without bond, according to the police department’s Facebook page.
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KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — The Kinston Police Department issued a notice on Facebook of a suspect in an Asheville murder who was seen there earlier this week.
Police said they were responding to a call of suspicious activity along the 500 block of Larkspur Road. They found a person who was later identified as Dionate Whitson, 21, of Asheville. Officials said Whitson ran away from police, tossing a gun in the process.
Officials said in the Facebook post that Whitson has a $10,000 reward for his arrest. He’s known to operate in the Greenville, Charlotte and Asheville area and may be living among homeless people.
Click the Facebook post to read more.
