LITTLE ROCK — Drug raid results in arrest for 7
Little Rock narcotics detectives arrested seven men Monday night in a raid of a suspected drug residence, police said.
Investigators executed a search and seizure warrant at 2217 Cedar St. around 6:10 p.m. and found at least an ounce of cocaine, several ounces of marijuana and several liters of a combination of codeine cough syrup and promethazine, a sedative.
Police found at least four handguns, according to arrest reports, as well as multiple drug scales and other paraphernalia.
Reports indicate at least one of the suspects tried disposing of the crack cocaine by tossing it in a crock pot containing cooking grease.
Brandon Norris, 26, of 2108 S. Valentine St. was charged with possession of marijuana, cocaine, paraphernalia and promethazine codeine syrup with intent to distribute, criminal use of another person’s property, contempt of court, resisting arrest, fleeing, simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, and third-degree battery in the striking of a police officer.
Marquis Slater, 25, of 2316 S. Elm St.; Omar Griffis, 21, of 2603 S. Tyler St.; and Robert Johnson, 29, of 1514 W. 21st St. were each charged with possession of cocaine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, promethazine codeine syrup with intent to distribute, simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, and criminal use of another person’s property.
Rodney Scott, 25, of 8101 Sophia Drive was charged with the same counts as Slater, Griffis and Johnson, with an additional count of fleeing police.
Marvin Collins, 30, of 5220 McClellan High Drive was charged with the same counts as Slater, Griffis and Johnson, along with one count of tampering with evidence and one count of possession of firearms by a certain person.
Timothy Harris, 24, of 2105 S. Maple St. was charged with the same counts as Scott, along with one count of use of an alias.
Bail had not been set Tuesday for Norris. Slater and Griffis were being held in lieu of $50,000 bond each. Harris was being held in lieu of $80,000 bond. Scott, Collins and Johnson were released after posting bond amounts varying between $75,000 and $80,000.
LR police charge 2
in man’s robbery
Two Little Rock men were arrested late Monday and charged with aggravated robbery after police say they forced a man to buy them beer when he couldn’t withdraw money from an automated teller machine.
Rodney C. White, 41, of 7515 Geyer Springs Road, Apartment 14A, and Raymond E. Sims, 53, of 35 Winchester Drive knocked on the door of Jeremy Combs, 37, around 10 p.m., a police report states.
Combs, who lives at the same address as White but in apartment 13E, told police White had his hands in his jacket and implied he had a gun, according to the report.
When Combs told the men he had no money, they took four packs of cigarettes from him and made Combs ride with them to a Regions bank branch on Geyer Springs Road. Combs couldn’t withdraw any money, so the men drove to a convenience store and had Combs buy three beers, a soda and a pack of cigarettes.
Police later found White and Sims at White’s apartment and arrested the two without incident. They told detectives they didn’t rob Combs, a report states.
Both men were being held Tuesday night in the Pulaski County jail and are facing counts of aggravated robbery and theft of property. White was being held in lieu of $20,000 bond and Sims in lieu of $10,000 bond.
Arkansas, Pages 17 on 11/24/2010