Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Prairie Grove woman robbed at knifepoint
PRAIRIE GROVE — A Lincoln man is facing multiple felony charges after police said he forced a Prairie Grove woman back into her home with a knife, bound her wrists with zip ties and stole her purse and other items before fleeing the house, according to a Prairie Grove arrest report.
Caleb Pyle, 27, of 209 N. Main Street in Lincoln, was arrested June 5 by Prairie Grove police in connection with first degree false imprisonment, battery second degree, aggravated robbery, residential burglary, theft of property obtained by threat, possession of firearm, criminal use of prohibited weapon, carrying certain prohibited weapons and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Police also arrested Alexandria Munyon, 27, of the same address, in connection with aggravated robbery and theft of property for the same incident.
Munyon Police were believe acting Pyle together and they but didn’t tried know to make each it appear other.
According to the report, the 73-year-old woman called police about 3:30 p.m. June 5. She was very distraught and said she had been robbed at her home in the 500 block of Center Street.
The woman told police she received a call from a woman who wanted to meet and look at a rental property. When the woman left her home for the meeting, she saw Pyle walking onto her property. At the time, the woman wasn’t aware Pyle and Munyon were connected, the report said. They made it appear they didn’t know each other and entered the property from different areas.
Pyle asked the woman for a bottle of water, which she got for him and then locked her house before taking Munyon to see the property. Pyle joined them later and appeared to look at the unit with them, the report said.
After looking at the unit, Munyon asked for some water for her dog and the woman showed Munyon the water faucet at the back of her house. Pyle followed and asked for another bottle of water.
The woman asked him to wait outside while she got it. She said she still thought the two were separate parties but noted they were only standing about 6-8 feet apart from each other.
When she entered the house to get water, Pyle quickly came in behind her with a large knife in his hand and placed the edge of the knife against her chest, the report said. The woman told police the knife matched one she had seen in a holster on Munyon’s hip.
Pyle forced the woman through her kitchen and back into her house and shoved her to the floor. A struggle followed and during the struggle the woman grabbed at the knife, cutting her hands. Pyle placed black zip ties on the woman’s hands but she was able to pull her hands free of the bindings, according to the report.
The woman asked if he wanted money and Pyle demanded her purse. He snatched the purse from her hands and also reached into her pants pockets and stole three phones, the report said. The woman said she tried to get up as Pyle was leaving but he yelled at her to get back down.
The woman said she was screaming during the incident and Munyon was fairly close by during the struggle. The woman said the phone rang while Pyle was in the house and she believes that’s one reason he fled the house.
The report lists two witnesses who saw Pyle and Munyon around the property and gave descriptions of both. One witness saw both in a gray Ford Mustang driving back and forth on the street. The second witness saw a gray Mustang speed away from the neighborhood.
Police released an alert through Washington County dispatch center with the vehicle description and information came back a vehicle matching that description was at the Harps store in Lincoln. Officer Josef Hudgens with Lincoln Police Department saw the vehicle leaving Harps. The vehicle pulled into a driveway and Hudgens and Cpl. Mike Holcroft with the Sheriff’s Office detained Pyle and Munyon in handcuffs and waited for Prairie Grove police to arrive.
The two witnesses identified Pyle and Munyon as the ones they had seen in Prairie Grove.
Both were placed under arrest and taken to the Washington County Detention Center. According to the report, police found weapons, shotgun shells, bullets, a bag of black zip ties and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. The jail website shows a $7,500 bond has been set for both for the aggravated robbery offense but doesn’t show bond amounts for the other charges.