A pregnant woman brandished a pocketknife and ran out of a Little Rock dollar store with more than $100 in stolen items Friday, police reported.
According to a report released Monday, 23-year-old Jada Latrice Latimer pulled out the small knife and opened it with her mouth when confronted by an employee at Family Dollar, 5200 W. 65th St. The employee later told police that he had watched as Latimer stuffed items into her bag.
Latimer fled the store but was soon spotted by police two blocks away at the intersection of Lancaster Road and Daven Court, the report states. A foot chase began, and Latimer ran about 450 feet before an officer caught up to her near Lancaster Road Baptist Church.
The officer ordered Latimer to the ground at gunpoint.
The items Latimer had purportedly stolen were found along Daven Court, police said. Officers took her back to Family Dollar, and the items, valued at a total $103.35, were returned.
Latimer, who is five months pregnant, was then taken to UAMS Medical Center for stomach pains.
She was later booked into Pulaski County jail on charges of aggravated robbery, theft of property and fleeing.
Latimer remained on the jail's roster late Monday. Her bail was set at $25,000.
Gunman in LR stops two, flees with $80
Two Searcy men were robbed at gunpoint in downtown Little Rock on Friday night, police said.
According to a police report, Dakota Galban and Zachary Villemez, both 20 years old, were near the corner of West Fourth and Louisiana streets about 10:30 p.m. when a man approached them, pointed a gun at their faces and demanded money.
Galban and Villemez handed over $80, and the robber fled toward the River Market District.
The robber was described as black and 5-foot-8, 130 pounds. He wore a do-rag. A more detailed description was not available.
Food truck held up; phones, $300 taken
Little Rock police were investigating an armed robbery in a food truck Friday.
Officers were called about 9:03 p.m. to 8218 Baseline Road. Jessie Reyes, 21, said she had served a customer of the Pupuseria Jacinta food truck when two men entered the vehicle, according to a police report. The men took about $300 in cash and two cellphones at gunpoint before they fled on foot.
No injuries were reported.
Officers searched the area but made no arrests.
The robbers are both described as black and between the ages of 23 and 27. One of them wore a gray shirt. More detailed descriptions were not available.
Metro on 07/14/2015