POLICE BEAT: North Little Rock officers find drugs, gun in stop | Police wake up man in car, arrest him

Police lights are shown in this file photo.
Police lights are shown in this file photo.

North Little Rock officers find drugs, gun in stop

North Little Rock police arrested a man Thursday they said was a felon with a stolen gun and drugs in his vehicle, according to an arrest report.

During a traffic stop Thursday evening, Jamal Doss, 26, of North Little Rock started walking away from the vehicle before an officer detained him, the report states.

An officer saw a bag of suspected marijuana in clear view and searched the car, finding a Ruger handgun reported stolen and more suspected marijuana.

Doss is a felon and cannot own a firearm. He was on probation, the report states.

Doss is charged with simultaneous possession of drugs and a firearm, possession of a firearm by a certain person, theft by receiving of a firearm and drug possession, all felonies.

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Police wake up man in car, arrest him

A Little Rock man faces multiple felony drug and firearms charges after police report they found him asleep at the wheel of a car Friday morning and arrested him.

Officers responding to a call found Demetrius Edwards, 30, asleep behind the wheel of a Toyota Camry that was in reverse and was stuck against a curb on Falcon Court.

After knocking on the window failed to alert Edwards, officers smashed the driver side window and removed Edwards, arresting him. A search located drugs and a gun inside the car.

Edwards is charged with simultaneous possession of drugs and a firearm, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of hydrocodone, Xanax and marijuana, all felonies.


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