Boy, 12, shot while aiding older brother
A 12-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the foot while helping his 18-year-old paraplegic brother into bed Monday evening, Little Rock police said.
The boy, who wasn’t identified, was being treated Monday night at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
The older brother, William Wadlington, is a paraplegic because of a Christmas Day shooting a year ago, police said. As a result, he always keeps a 9mm semiautomatic pistol with him.
The gun was in his lap as his younger brother maneuvered him into the bed at 7:20 p.m. at their home on Wooddale Drive in southwest Little Rock. The gun then fell and discharged when Wadlington grabbed it, police said. Police said they don’t expect to file charges.
Worker stuns man during robbery try
A 27-year-old Little Rock man was arrested after an employee of a west Little Rock drugstore shot him with a stun gun Monday afternoon when he tried to pull off a strong arm robbery while she carried the store’s deposit bag, Little Rock police said.
Eric Griffin of 2910 Walker St. was charged with robbery. He remained in the Pulaski County jail Monday night in lieu of $15,000 bond.
Employees of Drug Emporium at 9100 N. Rodney Parham Road told officers that they were attacked at 2:15 p.m. The man punched a male employee and took the bag from a female employee, but she was able to recover the money after she shot him with the stun gun, police said. Other employees, including an off-duty law enforcement officer, kept the man restrained until police arrived.
2 LR men arrested after home break-in
Two men seen breaking into a west Little Rock home Monday afternoon were arrested a short time later at a nearby apartment complex they listed as their residence, Little Rock police said.
Kaylon Demon Hunt and Christopher Trice, both 18, were charged with burglary, criminal mischief and theft. Both reside at the Valley Crossing apartments at 1502 Green Mountain Drive, according to their arrest reports. They remained in the Pulaski County jail Monday night in lieu of $26,000 bonds.
The apartment complex backs up to Pickering Drive, where a witness told police he saw three men break down a fence at one residence shortly after noon and kick open a door to the home before fleeing a short time later. Two of the three men were arrested at Hunt’s apartment within a few minutes of the crime, police said.
Arkansas, Pages 13 on 12/24/2013