Shot for chat with lady, man claims
Police found a gunshot victim outside an east Little Rock liquor store Monday night who claimed he had been shot for talking to another man's girlfriend.
Officers went to the Bopp Liquor Store at 1021 E. Ninth St. at 9:49 p.m., where they found Terry Thomas, 53, limping in the lot with a gunshot wound in his right leg.
Thomas told officers he had been shot by a man he knew as "Smooth" after the man saw Thomas talking to his girlfriend on a porch at nearby 104 E. 10th St., police reports said.
The man was found at nearby gas station carrying a stolen .380 pistol, according to police.
He was identified as Robert Jamison, 48, of West Memphis and detained.
A convicted felon, Jamison was charged with being a felon in possession of a weapon as well as theft by receiving. Police said the shooting remained under investigation.
Jamison remained at the Pulaski County jail Tuesday night.
NLR police seek 2 in arson at home
North Little Rock police are seeking two suspects in a house fire that is being investigated as an arson.
Police and firefighters responded about 5:37 p.m. Saturday to a burning one-story home at 4801 Haywood St. No injuries were reported.
Witnesses told police that they saw a man and woman walking around the house who later drove away quickly, according to a police incident report.
A police surveillance camera mounted on a nearby streetlight recorded the two getting out of a car and approaching the house with a gas can, the report says.
The male suspect is described as black, 5-foot-6 and between 200 and 230 pounds. He wore dark-colored pants and a dark blue shirt.
The female suspect, also black, wore a pink tank top and black and pink running shorts. A more detailed description was unavailable.
The suspects' car is described as a silver-colored Nissan Maxima or Nissan Altima.
An investigation is ongoing.
LR youth arrested in June 26 robbery
Little Rock police made an arrest Monday afternoon in a Wal-Mart robbery in late June.
According to arrest reports, Steven King, 18, of 54 Westminster Drive was arrested at 4:36 p.m. at 1713 E. 19th St.
Court records state that officers went to the Wal-Mart at 700 S. Bowman Road on June 26 after employees said they tried to stop a man who had stuffed a fishing reel in his pants, only to have the man raise his shirt and display a handgun in his waistband.
Officers tracked down a man that night in the 9600 block of West 36th Street who told officers he was Anthony King and that the "Steven King" tattoos on his forearms referred to his brother.
Eventually, officers realized they'd been duped, and investigators were able to positively identify King as the man who fled on foot from the store after threatening employees with the gun, reports state.
Charged with aggravated robbery and theft of property, King remained in the Pulaski County jail Tuesday afternoon, where he was being held in lieu of a $30,000 bond.
Man said to lead police on chase
A North Little Rock man was arrested Tuesday after leading police on a brief chase in a stolen car, according to an arrest report.
An officer reported seeing a Chevrolet HHR being driven recklessly about 3:30 a.m. on John Ashley Drive near Fendley Drive. When the officer attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver made a U-turn and fled at a high rate of speed, according to the report. A man soon got out of the vehicle and fled on foot.
Joshua Davis, 30, was arrested.
No injuries were reported in the pursuit.
The vehicle had been stolen from a home in the 2100 block of Fendley Drive moments before the officer attempted the traffic stop, the report says. Further details on the chase were unavailable.
Davis was charged with felony theft of property and two counts of fleeing. He was being held in the Pulaski County jail in lieu of $12,000 bond late Tuesday.
1 held in robbery, employee beating
A woman was arrested Monday in the robbery of a Little Rock clothing store in which two women reportedly beat a security guard.
Police responded about 7:15 p.m. March 21 to Gordmans at 2616 S. Shackleford Road. A security guard, Elizabeth Hutto, told officers that two women had attacked her after she confronted them for shoplifting.
Hutto first confronted one of the women in the parking lot, according to a police incident report. That woman reportedly struck her in the face multiple times.
The other woman noticed the fight, ran from the store to the parking lot and struck Hutto in the back of the head, according to the report.
The women, who were with a small child, fled in a black Volvo with $353.83 in stolen garments, the report says. Officers reported that Hutto, 37, had scratches and bruises from the attack, but she declined medical treatment.
Store surveillance cameras recorded the altercation, as well as the license plate of the women's vehicle.
Dandra Young, 30, was arrested Monday and charged with robbery. She was not listed on the Pulaski County jail roster late Tuesday.
It was unknown if other arrests had been made in the robbery.
Metro on 07/09/2014