Two accused of setting NLR slide on fire

January 28, 2014 at 1:23 p.m.

by Arkansas Online

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/MELISSA SUE GERRITS 01/25/2014- Pattie Platt, a 50 year resident of North Little Rock, takes a photo of the rocket slide at Burns park that was vandalized over night January 25, 2014. Platt says she plans to post photos to a Facebook page in hopes of raising money for a rebuild. "So many memories here", Platt said, "My ex husband was one of the first kids to slide down the original." The slide that melted to the ground was from a revamp 8 years ago.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/MELISSA SUE GERRITS 01/25/2014- Pattie Platt, a 50 year resident of North Little Rock, takes a photo of the rocket slide at Burns park that was vandalized over night January 25, 2014. Platt says she plans to post photos to a Facebook page in hopes of raising money for a rebuild. "So many memories here", Platt said, "My ex husband was one of the first kids to slide down the original." The slide that melted to the ground was from a revamp 8 years ago.

Two teens have been arrested after they set the rocket slide playground at Burns Park on fire, North Little Rock police said.

Police say Curry Jerry Smith of Sherwood and Jordan Parker of North Little Rock, both 18, have been charged in the case.

The early Saturday morning fire heavily damaged two slides at the popular rocket-shaped playground, "totally" melting one and leaving two large burn holes in another, according to a police report.

The report added it appeared "the suspects [were] on top of the Rocket Slide and poured the accelerants down both slides and ignited them."

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