Spencer Willems
Recent Stories by Spencer Willems
130 flee flames at LR complex
posted: 05/17/2013 12:05 a.m. Discuss
After seeing a firetruck stationed outside his apartment building early Thursday, Andrew Deiser got dressed and packed his two laptop computers.
Sheriff’s office honors deputy killed in 1911
posted: 05/15/2013 5:19 a.m. Discuss
More than a hundred years ago, a Pulaski County sheriff’s deputy was killed in a shootout in Desha County.
Drug-ring raids net 10 suspects
posted: 05/15/2013 12:57 a.m. Discuss
Federal agents arrested 10 of 16 suspects Tuesday morning in a drug-trafficking investigation that began 2 1/2 years ago in a Forrest City federal prison and wound up targeting leaders of the Gulf Cartel in Matamoros, Mexico.
Fear cited in road-rage death
posted: 05/14/2013 4:02 a.m.
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The North Little Rock man accused of killing another motorist after an altercation in traffic in Little Rock on Saturday afternoon told detectives he shot the man out of fear for his life, court documents said.
Suspect in LR killing questioned
posted: 05/10/2013 4:58 a.m. Discuss
The day after they identified the man who shot and killed Kelshun Mouton in a secluded neighborhood, Little Rock police elected to not charge him in the slaying.
Police captain’s suit claims ‘glass ceiling’
posted: 05/10/2013 12:05 a.m. Discuss
Nearly a year after she was passed over for assistant police chief, a Little Rock Police Department commander filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit Court against the city and Police Chief Stuart Thomas that claims she was passed over in part because she is a woman.
1 dead, 1 sought after shooting on LR street
posted: 05/09/2013 4:45 a.m. Discuss
Two men drew guns on each other in a secluded Little Rock neighborhood late Tuesday, leading to the city’s 10th homicide this year.
Church fire stumps investigators
posted: 05/09/2013 12:02 a.m. Discuss
After a week-long collaboration between federal and local agencies, fire investigators said Wednesday that the cause of the April 28 fire that burned a historic Little Rock church to the ground remains “undetermined.”
Police beat
posted: 05/08/2013 4:54 a.m. Discuss
Fired at ex-lover, security guard says A 79-year-old security guard told police he shot at his ex-girlfriend and her friend after they reportedly took off with his car early Tuesday, according to police reports.
Couple shot dead in LR residence
posted: 05/07/2013 12:45 a.m. Comments 10
The Little Rock couple found slain in their home late Monday morning likely knew their killer, police said.
