Pickup chase goes onto LR sidewalk
Authorities on Tuesday chased a vehicle from Sherwood to Little Rock, where the driver drove around rush-hour traffic downtown and onto a Main Street sidewalk before the pursuit was called off.
Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said Sherwood police began the chase and troopers joined. Sherwood police spokesman Lt. Jamie Michaels did not return calls seeking further information. According to a police broadcast, the pursuit of a black pickup began about 4:40 p.m.
The chase continued on Interstate 40 west into North Little Rock, where Little Rock officers joined and followed the vehicle across the river into downtown about 5:05 p.m., according to the broadcast. That's when Sherwood officers and state police backed off the chase.
Officers reported that the driver traveled onto a Main Street sidewalk south toward Roosevelt Road. Little Rock police suspended the chase soon afterward at 5:15 p.m.
Witnesses said Main Street between Capitol Avenue and Sixth Street was blocked off due to ongoing construction when the chase entered the sidewalk. Light tire tracks were visible afterward, but there was no apparent damage.
No arrests had been made late Tuesday.
Further details were not immediately available.
Armed robber hits LR ice cream shop
Little Rock police were investigating an armed robbery of an ice cream shop Monday.
Officers responded shortly before 10 p.m. to Baskin-Robbins at 10102 N. Rodney Parham Road. An employee, Issac Robinson, 18, told officers a man had walked into the business with a gun and demanded that he open the cash register, according to a police report.
The robber, who wore a blue bandanna on his face, fled north with an undisclosed amount of cash.
No injuries were reported. Police searched the area but made no arrests.
The assailant is described as black, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 170 pounds and between the ages of 20 and 24. He wore a black hat, hoodie and pants.
Man forgoes candy to rob gas station
A robber was chased from a gas station by a baseball bat-wielding employee Sunday in Little Rock, police reported.
Officers responded about 2 a.m. to a Shell station at 16900 Cantrell Road. An employee, Lee Stroud, 58, said a man had asked to buy a candy bar and demanded money when the cash register opened, according to a police report. The report states the robber didn't show a weapon but kept his hand in his pocket to imply he had one.
The man took about $200 and ran to a car in the parking lot as Stroud chased him with a baseball bat, according to the report. Stroud told police he smashed the rear window of the vehicle before a driver sped away with the robber.
No injuries were reported. Police recovered the candy bar to check for fingerprints.
The assailant is described as black, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 160 pounds and between the ages of 20 and 30.
Detailed descriptions of the driver and the vehicle were unavailable.
Urination, kiss try lead to NLR arrest
A man was arrested on public intoxication charges Monday after he urinated in front of officers and tried kissing one of them, Little Rock police said.
Travion Lamont Wright, 39, of 409 W. 34th St. in North Little Rock, was arrested at the River Cities Travel Center at 310 E. Capitol Ave. at 5:50 p.m. Monday, according to an arrest report.
Police said Wright passed out on a Central Arkansas Transit Authority bus, and officers arrived as Wright was being escorted off the bus. Once he was off the bus, Wright urinated on a covered seating area and then tried to kiss an officer.
Wright, who also is charged with disorderly conduct and third-degree assault, was being held in the Pulaski County jail Tuesday night in lieu of $1,100 bond.
Metro on 04/15/2015