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Buncombe County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Thomas Aaron Fender, 31, of 1846 Brevard Road in Arden on October 1, 2013. Fender is charged with seven counts of third degree sexual exploitation of a minor; he is currently at the Buncombe County Detention Center. The investigation into this incident is ongoing.