6 P.M. UPDATE:
The motorcyclist who authorities say robbed a Pulaski County bank Thursday afternoon is a 42-year-old man who works as nurse at UAMS, according to an arrest report.
Jason Christopher Brixey of Little Rock was arrested around 12:30 p.m. Thursday in the 3000 block of Circle Lake Drive after authorities say he robbed the Simmons Bank at Arch Street Pike and Atwood Road and drove away on a white motorcycle, according to the Pulaski County sheriff’s office.
Brixey faces charges of aggravated robbery and theft of property.
The report listed Brixey’s employer as UAMS and his occupation as RN.
He is being held in the Pulaski County jail without bail, according to online records.
EARLIER:
A person wearing a motorcycle helmet walked into a bank south of Little Rock Thursday, showed a gun and demanded money, authorities said.
Pulaski County sheriff’s office Lt. Cody Burk said the robbery happened at the Simmons Bank at Arch Street Pike and Atwood Road shortly after noon and that the gunman left the scene on a white motorcycle. A suspect was arrested a few minutes later in a “concrete block building” on Circle Lake Drive in Little Rock, Burk said.
Deputies found “firearms and cash from the bank” with the suspect and the motorcycle.
Burk said the suspect would face robbery charges.
