LRPD officer arrested on third-degree battery charges

— An investigation is underway after a Little Rock police officer was arrested Sunday.

According to Little Rock Police Department Sgt. Cassandra Davis, Officer James Youngblood was arrested in Saline County Sunday on third-degree battery charges. Youngblood joined the department in 2009.

Davis said Youngblood has been relieved of his duties, with pay, pending the internal investigation.

Read more on this story in tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

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