LITTLE ROCK — A Jacksonville man told his fiancee and police that he was carjacked Saturday.
On Monday, he was arrested, accused of lying to police, and he remained in the Pulaski County jail Wednesday night in lieu of $2,500 bond.
Pierre Jones, 37, of 3000 John Harden Drive was charged with felony filing a false police report Monday.
He told police that he was supposed to pick up his fiancee when she got off work Saturday afternoon. Instead, “he lost track of time” while driving around North Little Rock in her car and “engaging in sexual activities,” police said.
To get out of a jam, he made up a story about getting carjacked, investigators said.
Arrest reports said Jones walked to the North Little Rock Police Department about 6:12 p.m. to say he had been robbed of his fiancee’s silver Chevrolet Equinox.
He told police that he had just visited his sister and was driving along Pike Avenue when he heard a “ticking” sound coming from the engine.
He pulled over and opened the hood, and a black man and a black woman walked up and asked him what timeit was, he told police. They then pulled a gun on him, the report said.
Jones told police he left a voice mail for his fiancee, telling her what happened, and instead of calling police to report the crime, he walked to the department’s office at 200 W. Pershing Boulevard to file the report.
Later Monday, police found the vehicle and arrested the three people who were in it. The three denied any involvement in the theft of the car, and one of them told officers that Jones had lent them the car in exchange for “sexual favors.”
When detectives met with Jones again, he reportedly admitted that he was not robbed at gunpoint.
He told detectives that he “conspired the story to cover up his indiscretions.”
Filing a false police report is a Class D felony if it results in the arrest of another person, and is punishable by up to six years in prison.
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