A 19-year-old Little Rock man linked to but not charged with the burglary of the home of state senator has accepted a 20-year prison sentence for six other burglaries, including one family's residence that was broken into twice about two weeks apart.
Sentencing papers filed Tuesday by deputy prosecutor Reese Lancaster show Malik Kamal Frazier has pleaded guilty to six counts of residential burglary, four counts of felony theft and a charge of breaking or entering before Pulaski County Circuit Judge Barry Sims. The burglary charges, each a Class B felony, together carry a maximum sentence of 120 years in prison.
Under terms of his plea deal, negotiated by public defender Rebecca Ferguson, Frazier's prison term will be followed by a five-year suspended sentence.
Frazier has been jailed since his Dec. 2 arrest in the 1900 block of South Harrison Street, about seven blocks from his home, by police investigating a complaint about a suspicious man dressed in all black in the area of 18th and South Harrison streets. Police saw the man, but the man ran from them. Officers chased down man, who turned out to be Frazier.
During questioning, Frazier admitted he'd broken into the home of 31-year-old Elizabeth Speer at 1822 S. Harrison and had stolen a briefcase. He said he'd abandoned the case while he was running from police.
Frazier also had on him state Sen. Joyce Elliott's car key fob, which had been stolen two days earlier from Elliott's home at 1715 Fair Park Blvd. during a late-morning break-in, police reports show.
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Officers responding to an alarm at the 68-year-old Democrat's residence discovered that a window on the east side of the house was broken. Police were able to reach through the broken window to open the back door, enter the house and search for intruders.
Elliott arrived from work and took police through her home, showing investigators where things were out of place and drawers and cabinets had been opened. She discovered one of her jewelry boxes had been stolen. A neighbor told police that she had seen what appeared to be a 16-year-old boy dressed all in black walking north through the alley behind the home just before police arrived, but the woman did not know if he had been the intruder.
Frazier subsequently admitted to five other burglaries after his fingerprints were found at each of the homes.
He burglarized the 2101 S. Cedar St. home of of Selina and Hector Torres about two weeks apart, on Oct. 31 and Nov. 14. Computers, a video-game console, watches and other items, worth about $3,200, were stolen during the Halloween break-in. Police found Frazier's prints on a TV stand.
Nothing was taken during the second burglary, although the residence was ransacked, according to a police report. The thief had entered the home by breaking a window, and Frazier's prints were found on the sill.
On Oct. 25, $2,350 in computers and cameras was stolen from the home of Angelita Faller at 2102 S. Taylor St., and the following night 29-year-old Laron Woodley had $2,300 worth of computers, jewelry and TVs taken from his home at 2000 S Valentine. Both times Frazier's prints were found -- on a broken window at Faller's home and on a TV stand at Woodley's house.
Three days after Thanksgiving, a shotgun and rifle belonging to 62-year-old Willie Johnson was taken from his home at 4401 W. 13th St. The thief had broken in by pulling the air-conditioner unit out of Johnson's living room window. Frazier's fingerprints were found on the air conditioner and on two shoe boxes that had been pulled off a shelf in the bedroom closet. Frazier told detectives he had sold the guns.
Frazier's breaking or entering conviction stems from his first felony arrest, a Sept. 24, 2018, encounter with police in the 500 block of South University Avenue. Officers called to investigate reports of a man breaking into cars in the area initially detained Frazier, dressed in all black, because he matched the description of the thief.
He was taken into custody after a surveillance video showed him breaking into a Dodge Nitro belonging to Cynthia Harris and stealing about $20.
Metro on 10/04/2019