THURSDAY UPDATE:
An Arkansas teen who was sought in the armed carjacking of a woman outside a clothing store and two robberies of a cellphone store has been caught, police say.
Valintino Brasfield, 18, was arrested in Pine Bluff shortly before noon Thursday, police said. An employee at the Jefferson County jail said Brasfield was not booked as of 1:40 p.m., so his charges were not yet known. Pine Bluff Police Department spokesman Lt. David DeFoor said the teen will face several robbery charges.
Police previously said Brasfield robbed a 21-year-old woman of her 2012 Nissan Sentra at gunpoint outside It's Fashions Metro Store on East Harding Avenue on Oct. 11 and robbed a MetroPCS store Oct. 11 and Oct. 4 while armed.
EARLIER:
An Arkansas teen who was sought in the armed carjacking of a woman outside a clothing store has been linked to two separate robberies of a cellphone business, authorities said Monday.
According to a news release from the Pine Bluff Police Department, 18-year-old Valintino Brasfield, who was previously wanted in an Oct. 11 carjacking, is also connected to two aggravated robberies at a MetroPCS store Oct. 11 and Oct. 4.
Police previously said Brasfield robbed a 21-year-old woman of her 2012 Nissan Sentra at gunpoint outside It's Fashions Metro Store on East Harding Avenue, Arkansas Online reported.
Brasfield's last known address reportedly is in the 500 block of East 40th Street in Pine Bluff.
He was last seen wearing dreadlocks but is also known to wear his hair in an afro style, the release stated.
