Teen charged in 1 LR playground fire
A Pine Bluff teenager has been charged with felony arson in the burning of a Little Rock School District playground in July.
Little Rock Fire Department Capt. Randy Hickmon said a 15-year-old boy confessed to burning a playground at Franklin Elementary School at 1701 S. Harrison St. and was arrested Thursday. The boy said he was playing with a cigarette lighter, which fell and ignited the blaze on the afternoon of July 31.
Hickmon said investigators developed the boy as a suspect through his classmates, who were "talking, the way kids do, about who did what."
The boy, who was not identified because of his age, is set to appear in Pulaski County juvenile court in November.
A playground fire at Geyer Springs Elementary School that occurred Aug. 2 remained under investigation Thursday. Investigators hadn't determined whether the fires, which caused an estimated $225,000 in damage, are related.
Bills deemed fake, man faces charges
A 20-year-old North Little Rock man faces 34 counts of forgery on accusations of passing counterfeit bills.
An arrest report said that, between July 28 and Aug. 1, Deshonn Ford passed 34 counterfeit bills at two Wal-Marts in Little Rock.
Ford was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Pulaski County jail. He remained on the jail's roster Thursday night.
Metro on 09/25/2015