Police beat

Two in car pull gun, rob woman on street

A woman was robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning while walking on South Val- entine Street in Little Rock, according to a police report.

Officers were called at 10:33 a.m. to 3517 W. 25th St., where Brenda McCarter, 55, told police she had just been robbed after she got off a bus, according to the report.

McCarter told police she was at Asher Avenue and South Valentine Street when she saw a four-door gold vehicle sitting at the intersection, according to the report. A woman inside asked her if she had a cigarette and McCarter told her no, according to the report.

As she continued walking, a man pulled out a long black pistol. He pointed it at McCarter and demanded her purse, she told police.

McCarter handed over the purse and the two drove off, heading east on Asher Avenue, the report said.

McCarter told police the vehicle had temporary tags, but said she was too scared to get the make and model of the vehicle.

5 held after 1 shot in dispute at home

A shooting, a burglary and a domestic dispute at a south Pulaski County house sent five people to jail Friday, according to reports from county sheriff’s office.

Deputies were called to a shooting at 5200 Southern Belle Drive on Friday morning and found Austin Stephenson, 51, with a gunshot wound in the leg, according to a report. He was transported to UAMS Medical Center.

Kellie Knipe, 48, who used to live with Stephenson, told Pulaski County investigators she and her son, Arron Arzt, 22, went to the residence to retrieve her property before the shooting.

Knipe told investigators Stephenson would not let her in, but instead he threw white clothes outside along with her carpet-cleaning machine.

The two began arguing and Stephenson grabbed her by the arms, forced her against the porch railing, Knipe told authorities.

According to the sheriff’s office, when Knipe’s son, Artz, got out of the vehicle carrying a gun, Stephenson grabbed Knipe by the throat. Stephenson was then shot, according to the sheriff’s office.

Later that morning, Stephenson called 911 after he returned from the hospital and said he found Knipe, Arzt, Knipe’s sister Glenda George, and Sabra Tucker, 19, inside the house, loading food into a blue plastic tote.

The four, who already had loaded Knipe’s belongings from the residence into her vehicle, drove away from the house but were stopped by deputies, according to the report.

Deputies who searched the vehicle Knipe was riding in reported finding suspected methamphetamine in her purse, according to the report.

During a search of the Chevrolet Silverado that Arzt and Tucker were seen riding in, deputies reported finding a glass pipe with small amount of what they suspected was marijuana in the bowl, according to the report.

Stephenson was arrested and charged with domestic battery over the earlier incident, according to the report.

Deputies charged Knipe with residential burglary, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Arzt was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and residential burglary.

Tucker and George were charged with residential burglary, according to the report.

All five were listed on Pulaski County jail’s inmate roster Friday evening.

Man faces charges after officer bitten

A 32-year-old man is accused of biting a North Little Rock officer on the hand and spitting in his face Thursday night, according to a police report.

Officers were called to 2001 Arkansas 161 to assist medical personnel with a person who was unresponsive, police said.

Police were helping get Courtney Laster of North Little Rock on a gurney when he bit an officer on his left hand, according to the report. Authorities told Laster to cooperate and relax, but then he spit in the same officer’s face.

Laster was arrested at 8:30 p.m. and charged with aggravated assault, according to the report. He was listed on Pulaski County jail’s inmate roster Friday night.