Outside the courtroom the Tribune asked Wyckoff and his lawyer for a comment on the charges but Rollman declined saying, “No comment.”

The most serious of Wyckoff’s charges, according to Weaverville Police Chief Alan Wyatt, are felonies related to possessing, manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine and maintaining a dwelling for the purposes of distributing controlled substances.

Some of Wyckoff’s charges have been continued for nearly a year, including a misdemeanor assault charge on a government official. Wyckoff is also accused of assaults inflicting serious injury and sexual crimes, including an indecent exposure charge.

Other charges leveled by Buncombe County and the Weaverville Police include six counts of second degree trespassing, ten counts of drug or paraphernalia possession, five counts of resisting or assaulting government employees, two counts of reckless driving with wanton disregard, two counts of breaking and entering and various other misdemeanors.

Two charges were just recently added to the list. A charge of misuse of the 911 system and another reckless driving with wanton disregard which he received on Monday, Aug. 1 from Weaverville Police Sgt. Nick Shea.

Wyckoff’s neighbors are on edge. Until Wyckoff’s cases go to court, frightened homeowners and hamstrung police officers can only continue doing what they’ve done for months, document possible illegal behavior and intervene when possible.

Detailed observations, some by surveillance cameras, of activities in and around the Wyckoff house, provided by a neighborhood watch determined to stop what has disrupted an otherwise quiet neighborhood, reveal more than ten months of what can only be described by neighbors as erratic behavior by Wyckoff.

As early as mid-October of last year, reports from the neighborhood watch group of Rabbit Ridge Drive show strange behavior coming from the address in question. One resident described her surveillance cameras as “going into overdrive with vehicles coming and going late into the night”.

Marti Langer, a resident of Rabbit Ridge in Weaverville, described a frightening encounter with her neighbor Wyckoff. “My Terminix serviceman…heard loud yelling coming from Don’s, followed by a woman coming out of his house saying, ‘If you touch me again, I’m calling the police!” Langer has had many unfortunate run-ins with Wyckoff, especially her very first one.

“It was August 28th, and it was around 11:30 in the morning. I was so panicked I could hardly dial. I dialed 911 but it took me several tries.” Langer finally got through. “Every emergency vehicle in … Weaverville and… Woodfin filled our entire street and my driveway.”

According to Langer, Wyckoff was nude and motionless, lying face down in her backyard. “I thought he was dead,” she said. When emergency services personnel arrived on the scene, the story Wyckoff gave for ending up the way he did was “someone accosted him and forced him to undress, then knocked him out,” Langer said. The Tribune was able to obtain a Weaverville Police report which confirmed the incident.

Months later, in December, a neighbor would report continued bizarre behavior by Wyckoff, saying “Don is out back of our house right now in the woods, groaning and talking to himself...”

Further reports from alarmed neighbors include many instances of late-night pickups and drop-offs near Wyckoff’s residence, in addition to the constant presence of strange cars and individuals observed on the street.

Police have been called to Wyckoff’s house at least thirty times in the last year, with police responding to the scene nearly every time. Most of the calls were in regards to what neighbors described as suspicious activities.

Wyckoff is currently on probation for simple assault according to NC Department of Public Safety’s website. The Tribune reminds readers that all suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Editor’s note: Clint Parker contributed to this report.

The rains caused flooding to at lease one property on Baird Cove Road and flooded several business along Weaverville Highway below Reynolds Village where it shut down the highway for a few hours. Locals say there’s a problem, but pointing to the direct cause of the problem will get you several answers depending on who you ask.

“Our folks are not aware of any severe drainage issues in that area, but did receive significant flooding there on Monday evening when some parts of the county received as much as 3.8 inches of rain in just over two hours,” said Troy S. Wilson, District Engineer with the NC Department of Transportation (DOT). DOT is responsible for the maintenance of Weaverville Highway.

“We contribute the flooding earlier this week on Weaverville Highway to the excessive rainfall and not to any known problem,” Wilson said. “However, we realize the drainage in this area is not optimal and our folks have been working most of this week to restore areas washed out during the heavy rain event.”

Woodfin Mayor Jerry VeHaun would more than agree with Wilson that the drainage for Weaverville Highway is “not optimal.” “There is a problem down there,” said VeHaun, “Its kind of a multifaceted one.” He explain that there was a large culvert which was blocked and partially collapsed, debris in the creek along Weaverville Highway and drain pipes along Weaverville Highway that are stopped up that all adding to the problem when too much rain hits the area in a short period of time.

“DOT is going to have to look at some drainage issues,” said VeHaun. “There are two or three places where the culvert comes under the road and drains into the creek...” and other people have tied into some of those drains. “Some of that stuff has gotten stopped up over the years and all that’s going to have to come out and the town is really going to be pushing to get that done either by suggestion or by legal means.”

“You know when the water can’t drain just from a normal rain because the ditches are filled up because the drains have stopped up, you know, then you got a problem,” he said.

Just up the road in the Baird Cove community John Dancy-Jones knows that problem. Dancy-Jones property did not escape the results of the recent deluge as he compared it to the one in April of 2014.

Not helping was the fact that his neighbor’s property had recently undergone restoration construction to repair the stream bed and banks. During the cloudburst on July 30th “...a 20 foot piece of vegetation and several live stakes...” used by the construction crew come down the creek and “…jammed up the two supplementary 18 “ pipes” on his property.

This caused some flooding to Dancy-Jones property (see photos). “Approved development has drastically changed the behavior of this stream, based on numerous long-time resident accounts...and the 110 condos on the horse farm are yet to come!,” said Dancy-Jones in an email.

VeHaun admitted that development is sending more runoff downhill. “Anytime you cut trees and put pavement down you’re going to add to the water...when you got that much water, it’s got to go somewhere,” said VeHaun.

“If folks have a specific problem or site they would like for us to address I would encourage them to contact Scott Killough, Buncombe County Maintenance Engineer, at 298-0397,” said Wilson.