Acid spit at police, arrest report says
Police say a man was arrested after he poured a bottle of acid-based cleaner into his mouth and later spat it at officers in Little Rock.
Christopher Cleveland, 27, of Little Rock was taken into custody on charges that include first-degree battery, second-degree battery, violating an order of protection, residential burglary and resisting arrest, records show.
Officers were called around 12:30 p.m. Saturday to a residence on Lamont Drive, according to a Little Rock Police Department report.
Cleveland's mother said that she was outside by her vehicle when her son grabbed her, took her keys and phones and ran into her home.
The 27-year-old had not been taking medication for bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, she told officers.
Police said Cleveland refused to come outside and talk and reportedly told authorities that he wanted his mother.
When officers later went inside the residence, they found Cleveland pouring a liquid into his mouth. He at one point spit it out toward officers and threw the bottle in their direction, police said.
The product was later identified as acid-based Liquid Fire, which is used to clean pipes and drains. It had "burned through" the officers' clothing, the report stated, leaving them with blisters and "severe redness."
After a brief struggle, Cleveland was reportedly taken outside to be treated for drinking the cleaner. He was then taken into custody and transported to UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock.
Several officers were treated for chemical exposure on scene and at nearby hospitals, police said.
Cleveland's name did not appear in online records for the Pulaski County jail as of Monday morning.
Intruders got $850, LR hotel guest says
A woman says two armed strangers robbed her of an iPhone and $850 after they forced their way into her hotel room Saturday, according to a Little Rock Police Department report.
Authorities were called shortly after 6:30 a.m. to the Days Inn at 901 Fair Park Blvd. in reference to a robbery, according to a Police Department report.
The 21-year-old victim, who said she was from California, told authorities that she heard an individual knocking and opened the door. At that time, a second person suddenly appeared and pushed her into the room, the victim said.
She told police that one robber placed a gun to her head as the other retrieved $850 from a pillowcase and an iPhone 6. The assailants reportedly told her to go to the bathroom, and when she went back into the room, the pair had fled, the report states.
Officers noted that items on the bed were in disarray and the room "smelled heavily of marijuana."
Police described the first robber as standing 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing around 165 pounds while the second stands 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing around 170 pounds.
Hotel security footage reportedly showed the pair leaving in a red Dodge Charger.
No suspects were named, and no arrests had been made at the time of the report.
Prostitute date said to end in $800 loss
A man was robbed at gunpoint of $800 after taking his friend to meet with a prostitute at a south Little Rock apartment complex, police said.
Officers were called shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday to Spanish Valley Apartments, 5300 Baseline Road, in reference to a robbery, according to a report from the city's Police Department.
The victim, a 33-year-old Little Rock man, told police that he had given his friend, a man he knew as "Oscar," a ride to the address to visit a prostitute who lived there.
At the apartment complex, a woman described as being in her 20s reportedly came outside and told both of them to enter her home.
When the pair got in, the woman appeared to text someone, the 33-year-old told an officer. Shortly after that, a stranger with a handgun entered the residence and demanded money, police said.
After taking $800 from the 33-year-old and $11 from "Oscar," the robber left in a vehicle described as a "classic black Ford" with large chrome wheels, according to authorities.
No suspects were named, and no arrests had been made at the time of the report.
Bullet in LR hits bed where woman lying
A bullet went through a window and damaged a headboard while a woman was lying in bed early Sunday in west Little Rock, authorities said.
It happened about 3 a.m. at an apartment in the 1900 block of Green Mountain Drive. No injuries were reported.
A 29-year-old resident told investigators she went to bed a short time before she heard a loud noise from her window, according to a Little Rock Police Department report. The woman called her brother, who found a "firearm projectile fragment on the carpet" and noticed the headboard had been damaged, the report noted.
An officer responded and found damage to another building in the complex that appeared to be related, authorities wrote.
The woman told investigators she couldn't think of anyone who would want to hurt her.
No suspects were named, and no arrests had been made at the time the report was filed.
Metro on 04/03/2018