A North Little Rock man was arrested Tuesday night for leaving his child in a hot car as punishment, a report said.
Officers with the Little Rock Police Department said they responded to an Applebee's on Chenal Parkway around 8:40 p.m. about a family disturbance. Witnesses told police they saw Briton Miller, 41, cursing at his child and kicking him underneath the table. Officers said a camera captured Miller placing the child in a hot car for seven to 10 minutes. He also was seen shoving the child in the head. Miller and the boy both told officers this was routine punishment.
Miller was charged with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a minor. He pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the charges and was fined $350, according to court documents.
Fireworks shot from car; driver arrested
A Jacksonville man was arrested Tuesday afternoon, accused of allowing his girlfriend to shoot fireworks into another vehicle as he drove, a report said.
Officers with the Little Rock Police Department said Xavier Cortez Flemmons, 27, was arrested in the 1300 block of Mesa Drive for driving a vehicle in a manner that allowed his girlfriend to injure two people with fireworks. The incident location and the girlfriend's name weren't listed in the report.
Flemmons was charged with two counts of terroristic act, one count of first-degree battery, one count of second-degree battery, first-degree criminal mischief. He was in the Pulaski County jail Wednesday night in lieu of $740 cash bond.
Man arrested over LR officer's injuries
A homeless man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on accusations that he injured a Little Rock officer while trying to flee, a report said.
Officers with the Little Rock Police Department said they were trying to find Joshua Charles Smith, 28, after he reportedly fled from police earlier in the day. Officers said they spotted him inside a McDonald's restaurant on Baseline Road, but he once again ran from them. After a struggle, he was taken into custody. An officer was injured during the arrest, the report stated.
Smith was charged with felony second-degree battery and misdemeanor resisting arrest, fleeing, violation of an order of protection and failure to appear. He was being held in the Pulaski County jail on Wednesday night in lieu of $5,000 bond.
Wife, son say dad brandished hammer
A reported assault with a hammer landed a Little Rock man in hot water Tuesday morning, an arrest report said.
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According to a report, 53-year-old Greg Dobbins Sr. admitted having a hammer after his son told police his father tried to hit him with the tool.
The report said Dobbins' wife told police she witnessed the incident and confirmed that her husband was trying to attack their son.
Dobbins was not listed on the Pulaski County jail roster Wednesday night.
Suspect is arrested in food-call holdups
A Little Rock man was arrested last week in the holdups of food-delivery drivers in December, according to court documents released Tuesday.
On Dec. 18, a Jimmy John's order was called in for delivery to 501 Napa Valley Drive, an arrest affidavit said. When the driver got there, a man held him at gunpoint, pilfered the driver's pockets and left the food sitting on the ground, the affidavit said.
Three hours later, a driver was sent to 1004 Scott St., the affidavit said. The driver later told police that a man took his money but left the food behind.
Police traced both Jimmy John's calls to the cellphone of JaKarie Jamal Woodley, 22, the affidavit said. Officers during the investigation found that Woodley was a former Jimmy John's employee.
Woodley posted a $10,000 bond on Friday and was released from the Pulaski County jail, court documents show.
Police use tip, find hit-and-run suspect
An anonymous tip led police to arrest the Little Rock driver who struck and seriously injured a man before leaving him in the roadway, an affidavit for a warrant of arrest released Monday said.
On July 17, Little Rock police responded to a wreck near 820 S. Rodney Parham Road, where a man had been hit by a car, the affidavit said. The man's neck, arm and leg were broken.
An anonymous tip submitted the next day identified Mitchell M. Broughton Jr., 24, as the driver, though the tipster initially gave police the wrong last name, according to the affidavit. Broughton told police he knew he'd struck something on Rodney Parham that night but said he got out of the vehicle and did not see anything.
Broughton also initially told police that he had not consumed any alcohol that night while at the Twin Peaks restaurant, but surveillance footage and a waitress's testimony showed him taking at least three shots of tequila, the affidavit said.
Officers arrested Broughton on Aug. 12 on charges of leaving the scene of an accident, second-degree battery, careless or prohibited driving and tampering with physical evidence, a report said.
Broughton paid a $60,000 bond and was released the next day, court documents show.
Gun pulled, threats made, woman says
A Jacksonville man was arrested by police Monday evening on charges of aggravated assault and terroristic threatening, both felonies, after a woman said he threatened to kill her and her child, according to a report.
The report said the woman told police that she was visiting with a friend in the parking lot of Willow Bend Apartments at 300 Marshall Road in Jacksonville when 25-year-old Demerio Laron Williams pulled up in his car.
According to the report, the woman told police that Williams got out of the car and placed something into an orange bag, after which she heard what sounded like a gun being cocked. She said Williams then pointed the bag at her face and said, "Didn't I tell you not to come out here anymore," the report said. Then she said he told her "you have 10 seconds to leave before I shoot you."
The report said the woman told police she then got out her phone to call police and that she told Williams she was calling the police, at which time she said Williams told her if she called police, "I'll kill you and your baby."
When police arrived, the report said that they said they found about 9 grams of suspected marijuana in Williams' pants pocket.
Williams was not listed in the Pulaski County jail roster as of Tuesday evening.
Fistfight in LR park ends with gunfire
A Maumelle man was arrested earlier this month, accused of taking a gun to a fistfight, according to court documents released Monday.
An arrest affidavit said that on Aug. 5, two women who apparently were ex-girlfriends of Clevlis Abernathy decided to square off. The two women, along with Abernathy and several of their friends, met late that evening at Boyle Park at 3101 Boyle Park Road in Little Rock, the affidavit said.
The two women began fighting, but a third woman pulled out pepper spray to help one of them, the report said. Witnesses said Abernathy, 23, shot that woman in the leg, thigh, buttocks and right hand, according to the affidavit. Several bullets also struck a vehicle. A friend drove the injured woman to the hospital and Little Rock police took several of the people into custody.
One person took cellphone video that matched the witnesses' accounts, the affidavit said. Officers arrested Abernathy on charges of first-degree battery and committing a terroristic act on Aug. 6.
Abernathy posted a $175,000 bail Friday and plead not guilty in his first hearing, court records show.
Metro on 08/22/2019