Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Police beat

- JOSEPH FLAHERTY

LR man arrested in doctor’s assault

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences police on Saturday night arrested a Little Rock man, 44-year-old Recardo Polk, in connection with the assault of a doctor, according to an arrest report.

Police were summoned to the UAMS emergency department, 4301 W. Markham St., around 11:30 p.m where the victim said he was pushed against the wall by a man who held his forearm to the doctor’s neck.

Polk was transporte­d to the Pulaski County jail, where he remained Sunday evening without bail, according to an online inmate roster. He faces one count of first-degree misdemeano­r assault.

Neighbors’ dispute ends with arrest

Jacksonvil­le police on Sunday morning arrested a 64-year-old man on charges of terroristi­c threatenin­g, refusal to submit to arrest, theft of property and disorderly conduct after his neighbor reported being threatened by a man who also stole tires from his truck, according to an arrest report.

David Russell of Jacksonvil­le was seen taking tires out of the bed of a neighbor’s truck along with a gas can, the report says. A neighbor told police that Russell threatened to “blow him up” and set his truck on fire.

When an officer arrived at his apartment and told him he was under arrest, Russell, who was in a wheelchair, wrapped his legs around the base of the wheelchair to stop it from moving, police said. When the officer pulled the chair, Russell slid out of it and lay on the ground on top of his hands to prevent the officer from handcuffin­g him, the report said.

Russell remained in the Pulaski County jail on Sunday evening without bail, according to an inmate roster.

LR officers’ alcohol buy results in arrest

Little Rock police on Sunday afternoon arrested Edgar Lewis, 48, on multiple charges related to the sale of alcohol to an undercover officer, according

to an arrest report. Police said Lewis, who was arrested at 4300 Ludwig St., had a loaded pistol in his waistband at the time of his arrest and was found to possess hundreds of assorted beer and liquor bottles.

He remained in the Pulaski County jail Sunday evening. His charges include possession of a firearm by certain persons, possession of marijuana, and sale of alcohol without a license.

Man charged with leaving crash scene

North Little Rock police on Sunday afternoon arrested Frederick Burgess, 32, on the I-40 westbound ramp on charges of leaving the scene of an injury accident, resisting arrest and reckless driving among other charges, according to an arrest report. Burgess also refused to submit to a chemical test, police said.

He was held in the Pulaski County jail as of Sunday evening without bail.

LR police cite driver of ATV on city street

Little Rock police on Saturday arrested Markeveous Barton, 31, on a charge of failure to appear and ticketed him for operating a Polaris all-terrain vehicle near Roosevelt Road and Asher Avenue after police spotted him on the ATV.

Barton was transporte­d to the Pulaski County jail. He did not appear on a jail roster as of Sunday evening.

Austin man facing DWI charge in NLR

North Little Rock police on Saturday night arrested an Austin man, 45-year-old Joseph Walton, on charges of driving while intoxicate­d, refusing to take a DWI test and lacking an interlock device in his vehicle as required.

According to an arrest report, police activated their lights after witnessing Walton’s vehicle speeding down McCain Boulevard. Officers said Walton turned into an alley, jumped out of the vehicle and began apologizin­g, telling police he had been drinking and smoking weed. Officers said that later, when they were transporti­ng Walton, he became irate, refused to take a blood alcohol test and attempted to influence officers by referring to his former military service and threatenin­g to sue the department.

He did not appear Sunday on a roster of Pulaski County jail inmates.

Deputies arrest man in reported car theft

Pulaski County sheriff’s deputies on Saturday afternoon arrested Christon Houston, 20, on a charge of felony theft of a vehicle after a victim told police that she was feeding her horses on Pettis Road in North Little Rock and saw Houston driving off in her car, according to an arrest report. Houston returned to the scene a short time later and was identified as the thief, the report says.

He did not appear on a jail roster Sunday evening.

Forgery tools found; Chicago man jailed

According to an arrest report, Sherwood police on Thursday arrested a Chicago man on multiple charges, including 119 counts of criminal possession of a forgery device, after an altercatio­n investigat­ion revealed false identifica­tion cards, various credit and debit cards, forgery devices, a skimmer and about 4 grams of a brown powder substance.

James B. Robinson, 52, was arrested at 712 E. Kiehl Ave. He remained in the Pulaski County jail on Sunday evening.

Shotgun discovery leads to teen arrest

Little Rock police on Thursday evening arrested Taylor Hawkins, 17, after responding to 2115 Oak St. for reported shots and discoverin­g a sawed-off shotgun in Hawkins’ possession in a parked vehicle, police said. He was charged as an adult with criminal use of a prohibited weapon and theft by receiving.

Senior deputy prosecutor Leigh Patterson approved the felony charges, the report says. Hawkins did not appear on a Pulaski County jail roster Sunday evening.

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