4 armed robberies reported around LR
Little Rock saw at least four armed robberies between Friday and Sunday, including a holdup in which a man was cut, and a home invasion that occurred while three children were inside, police said.
Authorities say they don't believe any of the cases are related.
The first robbery took place about 2 p.m. Friday in the 4000 block of West 17th Street, according to a report. The 36-year-old victim told officers the robber had a silver revolver and demanded his iPhone and backpack. The robber then ran away.
Two more robberies happened about 11 p.m. Saturday, reports show.
Officers were called to a home in the 4800 block of Terra Vista Circle, where a 20-year-old resident said two males with bandannas covering their faces knocked on the door, then pointed handguns at her and rushed into the apartment.
Once inside, the two males kept asking, "where is he at" and "where is the money," the woman said. Three boys, ages 5, 3 and 1, were inside at the time, the report states.
One robber took a tablet from one of the children and the PlayStation 3 from the living room, according to police.
The other robber reportedly went into a bedroom and found a 55-year-old resident of the home trying to call 911. The robber took the phone and $80 from under the bed, and both robbers then left, the report states.
Officers also responded to the 4400 block of West Markham Street about 11 p.m. Saturday, where a 33-year-old man said he was walking to a liquor store when two people approached him.
The victim said one robber pointed a black handgun at him and said "what you got?" The other pointed a silver revolver.
The victim said he gave the assailants his wallet, and they ran west on Markham.
About 6:15 a.m. Sunday, police were called to CHI St. Vincent Infirmary, where a 24-year-old man was being treated for a cut in his arm.
He said it happened as he was smoking outside his home at Whispering Hills Mobile Home Park, 11500 Chicot Road, and two assailants jumped him.
The victim said he tried to fight the attackers. One cut his right forearm, he told police, and one took his wallet, which contained his IDs and about $150.
The man's wound appeared to be from a broken bottle, according to the report.
No suspects were named in the four robberies, and no arrests had been made at the time of the reports.
Ex-worker at eatery admits taking $951
A former fast-food worker admitted using a key still in his possession to enter the North Little Rock eatery and take $951, police said.
Alex Lee, 22, of North Little Rock was arrested around 10:40 a.m. Thursday on a charge of commercial burglary, according to a North Little Rock Police Department report.
Lee told officers that he entered the Rally's at 4550 E. McCain Blvd. on Feb. 1 and took $951 from the restaurant's safe using a manager key and code, an officer noted.
According to the report, Lee did not have permission to enter the Rally's and take money from his former workplace.
Lee's name did not appear in online records for the Pulaski County jail as of Monday morning. He has a court appearance scheduled for today.
Metro on 03/20/2018