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Police arrest 1 in Dodge's break-in

A North Little Rock man was arrested Thursday afternoon in the break-in at a a storage building, according to an arrest report.

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Martin Jacobs, 53, was charged with one count of breaking and entering and one count of criminal mischief. His bail was set at $15,750, police said.

A witness told North Little Rock police that at 9:05 a.m. Wednesday, Jacobs and other unidentified people entered the storage building of Dodge's Chicken Store, 2910 E. Broadway, by pulling its siding.

Police said the store's video surveillance showed Jacobs taking a pressure washer, valued at more than $800, from inside the building. Damage to the storage building was put at $400.

As of Sunday, Jacobs was not listed in the Pulaski County jail online inmate roster.

NLR police arrest woman in robbery

North Little Rock police arrested a woman Friday night in the robbery of a Dollar General store.

The robbery occurred at 8:16 p.m. Friday, when police responded to a disturbance at the store at 1701 Pike Ave.

An officer reported seeing a woman enter the store, select several items, conceal them in her purse and leave without paying for them.

When the officer attempted to detain the woman, she attempted to flee and struggled with the officer inside the store, according to an arrest report.

Wanda Jean Malone, 46, was arrested and charged with one count of robbery.

She was being held Friday in the Pulaski County jail. Her bail was set at $25,000.

3 arrested in theft at NLR J.C. Penney

Three people were arrested in the theft of more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from a J.C. Penney store Thursday afternoon, North Little Rock police said.

Officers reported seeing Rebecca Thomas, 38; Victoria Thomas, 16; and Brianna Thomas, 18, enter the Sephora inside J.C. Penney, 3929 E. McCain Blvd., at 3:20 p.m. Thursday.

According to their arrest reports, the three concealed $1,193 worth of makeup and clothes in their purses.

They were arrested later that day and each charged with one count of theft of property, police said.

Bail was set at $5,000 for Brianna and Rebecca Thomas. Neither woman was listed Sunday in the Pulaski County jail online inmate roster. Victoria Thomas was issued a court citation and released.

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