LITTLE ROCK — Woman arrested in arm stabbing
A North Little Rock woman was arrested Thursday after police say she stabbed a woman who sold her what she thought was crack cocaine.
Kimberly Smith, 47, of 5318 Wood St. told police she bought “three crumbs” of what she believed to be crack cocaine from Kalee Lasher, but discovered it was not what she thought it was after injecting it.
According to an arrest report, Lasher opened her door and Smith struck her in the face and stabbed her in the arm with a kitchen knife. The wound, according to the report, was minor.
Smith was located and arrested at her house at 11:40 p.m. and charged with second-degree battery. She told police about buying the “crumbs” and that she went back to Lasher’s house to “get my money back.”
Smith was held at the Pulaski County jail Sunday in lieu of a $2,500 bond.
Police arrest man in sword attack
A North Little Rock man was arrested Saturday evening after police say he attacked his mother and another woman in his house with a Japanese sword.
Police say Daniel Paul, 47, of 405 Tonawanda Trail got into a fight with Brandy Dozier in his house, when his mother, Kay Nichols, tried to stop it. Paul went into another room and came out with a “katana sword,” according to an arrest report.
He cut Dozier with thesword and then cut Nichols when she tried again to stop the fight, according to the report. Both women suffered injuries to their arms.
Police arrested Paul at his house at 7:50 p.m. and charged him with first-degree battery and third-degree battery. He was held at the Pulaski County jail Sunday, where his bail had not yet been set.
England man held in NLR crashes
North Little Rock police arrested a man Thursday they say used his pickup to force another truck off the road, causing it to flip over in a ditch, and then hit a motorcyclist while trying to flee the area.
According to an arrest report, Cleveland Matherine, 43, of 14515 Trey Lane in England struck a truck driven by Danny Morris several times with his vehicle, causing Morris to lose control of his vehicle and flip over. Morris and his passenger, Kelsey Burnam, were both injured.
Matherine was arrested at 1:15 p.m. at 1100 E. Broadway in North Little Rock. According to the police report, “Matherine admitted to causing the car accident and leaving the scene without checking for injury.”
According to a second arrest report, Matherine also “admitted” to striking a motorcycle driven by Harold Boals on Mc-Cain Boulevard and “forcing it into oncoming traffic in an attempt to flee the area.”
The report did not specify the exact location of either crash, nor did it specify whether Boals was hurt.
Matherine was held at the Pulaski County jail Sunday in lieu of a $17,500 bond.
Arkansas, Pages 12 on 06/21/2010