LR man arrested on 2 gun charges
Little Rock police early Saturday morning arrested Perry Quincy Cowan Jr., 35, of Little Rock on felony charges of criminal use of a prohibited weapon and possession of a firearm by certain persons after police found a shotgun and a handgun in the trunk of a vehicle, according to an arrest report.
Police initially stopped the vehicle after a civilian flagged them down and told them the driver of an SUV appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, the arrest report said; the driver was operating the vehicle without headlights, police reported. The arrest report said the driver did not have a license.
It's unclear based on the arrest report how police attributed the weapons in the vehicle to Cowan and whether Cowan was a passenger.
Cowan was arrested at 1401 John Barrow Road, and as of Sunday evening he remained in the Pulaski County jail without bail set.
Police arrest man on 2 drug counts
North Little Rock police on Sunday morning arrested Kaddrin Edward Frierson, 21, on felony charges of possession of a Schedule VI substance with purpose to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to an arrest report.
A traffic stop at 3811 Camp Robinson Road for nonfunctioning brake lights revealed a backpack containing what police suspected to be marijuana and a digital scale, along with a plastic baggie containing suspected marijuana, which Frierson presented to police prior to a search of the vehicle.
Frierson and two women in the car denied that they owned the backpack, but police arrested Frierson because he was the only person with immediate access to the backpack, according to the report.
The women were released, and Frierson was taken to the Pulaski County jail, the arrest report said.
He did not appear on an online jail roster as of Sunday evening.
Woman accused of stealing in LR
Little Rock police on Sunday arrested Barbara Wells, 32, in connection with misdemeanor theft of property at a Walmart located at 2700 S. Shackleford Road after employees saw her concealing items worth $152.84 in a bag, according to an arrest report.
Wells did not appear on a Pulaski County jail roster as of Sunday evening.
Conway man held after drugs found
North Little Rock police on Sunday morning arrested Donald Smith, 46, of Conway on felony charges of possession of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop of a vehicle with a stolen license plate number in which Smith was a passenger, according to an arrest report.
Smith was on parole with an active search waiver, the arrest report stated, and police found a suspected crack cocaine rock near where he was sitting, plus a torn plastic baggie.