Fifth suspect arrested in Bryant home invasion, robbery

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Coytrell Harris, 21.

The fifth person accused of invading and robbing a Bryant home in late July was arrested Thursday afternoon in the Otter Creek area of Little Rock, officials say.

Sgt. Todd Crowson, spokesman for the Bryant Police Department, said Coytrell Harris, 21, of Little Rock was arrested by U.S. marshals and taken into custody without incident.

Harris is being charged with aggravated robbery, kidnapping, theft of property, aggravated assault, second-degree battery and first-degree interference with emergency communication.

His bond hearing is scheduled for Friday.

On July 30, Hazel Gilson, 74, told Bryant police that three black men came into her home and held her at gunpoint, Arkansas Online previously reported.

She and her husband, Thomas Gilson, 74, were forced into a bathroom by one of the men while the others tore through the house, police said.

Last week, four of the five men were arrested and taken into custody by police, Crowson said.

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