NLR police charge teen in theft of SUV
North Little Rock police on Thursday arrested a teenage boy accused of stealing a sport utility vehicle at knife-point.
Mel Deshun Jones, 17, was charged as an adult with aggravated robbery and theft of property.
Jones is accused of holding a knife to Alejandro Mireles' throat and stealing Mireles' wallet, cellphone and 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee the evening of Aug. 10.
Mireles, 29, told police he was picking up a woman at 1133 Healy St. when a man unexpectedly got in the vehicle, according to a police report. Mireles reportedly agreed to drive the man to Alpha Street and Graham Avenue. That's where the man pulled out a knife and robbed him, the report said.
Abducted at mall, woman tells police
Robbers took a woman's car keys and wallet after forcing her into a vehicle outside Little Rock's Park Plaza, later returning to the mall to take the victim's car, police said.
Officers with the Little Rock Police Department were called about 8:30 p.m. Thursday to a kidnapping-turned-robbery that started about 7 p.m. at 6000 W. Markham St., according to a report.
The 23-year-old woman said she had been communicating earlier in the day with someone via text messages. That person later turned out to be one of two people who robbed her, she said.
When the victim walked from Park Plaza to the shopping center's parking deck, a white Chrysler 200 pulled up next to her, at which point a white male exited the driver's side and placed a silver-and-black handgun to her head, the report said.
The victim was robbed of her wallet and car keys before being dropped off in the area of Markham Street and Jack Stephens Drive, according to the report.
Police said the robbers then drove back to Park Plaza and drove the woman's blue Dodge Challenger out of the mall's parking lot. It had an orange hood and 24-inch chrome rims, she told officers.
One robber was listed as a black male, about 5 feet 6 inches tall. He wore a black shirt with gold writing, acid-washed jeans and a tan leather backpack.
The second was described as a white male, about 5 feet 7 inches tall. Police said he could be wearing a white shirt, black sweatpants and a black-and-white hat.
Police told phone, shoes, $865 stolen
Little Rock police said a robber took a man's cash and cellphone, then demanded the shoes off his feet Thursday afternoon.
The robber approached a man and woman about 3:30 p.m. at Fair Oaks Apartments on West 36th Street, according to a Little Rock Police Department report.
He was wearing a red shirt and carrying a black and silver pistol, the report said. The victims told police he demanded everything out of the man's pocket.
After the man handed over $865 and his cellphone, the robber told him to take off his shoes, police said.
As of Friday, no arrests had been made.
Metro on 08/26/2017