NLR bank robbed as staff closing up
North Little Rock police are investigating after a man robbed a bank Friday afternoon.
Officers responded at 5:56 p.m. to a Regions bank branch at 4900 JFK Boulevard, just north of McCain Boulevard. Employees said they were closing the bank when a man walked inside with his hands behind his back and implied he had a gun, according to police spokesman Sgt. Brian Dedrick.
The robber took an undisclosed amount of money and fled in a silver Ford F-150 north on JFK Boulevard, Dedrick said.
No injuries were reported.
The robber is described as black, 5-foot-7 with a medium build. No arrests had been made late Friday. Dedrick said an investigation is ongoing.
Police investigate carjacking report
A 20-year-old Little Rock man told officers his ex-girlfriend and two strangers stole his car Thursday morning while he was driving them around Little Rock, according to police.
The man told police that his ex-girlfriend, whom he identified as a 32-year-old woman, called and asked him to pick her up in Scott and then asked him to drive her to Little Rock.
When the two stopped at an address on 65th Street, the woman and the victim picked up two white males, according to a Little Rock Police Department report.
The victim told police he drove the three around Little Rock in his gray 2005 Chevrolet Malibu, and when he stopped at a stop sign about 4 a.m. Thursday, one of the strangers acted like he was pulling a gun out of his waistband and the other opened the driver's side door of the car.
The one who opened the door told the victim to "get out of the car," pushed him out of the vehicle, and the three drove away, authorities said.
The victim said he didn't know where in Little Rock the carjacking happened, and after about two hours he flagged down officers.
He told police that the Chevrolet Malibu was his car, but he didn't know the license plate number or to whom the vehicle was registered. The police report listed the Malibu as owned by a person who was not the victim.
No arrests had been made at the time of the report.
In break-in, lotion taken, woman says
A woman told Little Rock police she believed her ex-boyfriend broke into her house Thursday morning and stole her Victoria's Secret lotion.
The 30-year-old woman said the lights were on inside and sink faucets were running when she arrived home in the 7900 block of Eagle Drive on Little Rock's south side.
Two windows had been broken: one in a bedroom that had been damaged but did not appear to be a point of entry and a bathroom window too small for someone to fit through, according to a Little Rock Police Department report.
The burglary reportedly happened about 6:30 a.m. Thursday.
The woman told authorities that her ex-boyfriend had reportedly stolen televisions in the past and that police had responded to "so many incidents" at the house.
At one point, her ex-boyfriend had belongings inside the residence, she said, but the items were given back to him earlier that day.
No arrests had been made at the time of the report.
State Desk on 02/04/2017