Mike Laux, a Chicago lawyer, says he'll file a promised civil rights lawsuit over the fatal shooting Dec. 9 of Eugene Ellison by off-duty Little Rock police working as security guards at his apartment complex.
A shooting early Saturday in the River Market neighborhood has prompted plans for increased police activity in the area this coming weekend, Lt. Terry Hastings said.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is reporting that a Little Rock police officer shot a man pointing a gun at him about 2 a.m. this morning at Markham and Scott Streets.
The Little Rock police say Edward Harris, 24, was fatally shot about 11:50 p.m. Sunday on the parking lot of the Asbury Park Apartments at 8500 Keller Drive, south of Kanis Road near John Barrow Road.
A former Little Rock city employee who work in information technology for the Little Rock Police Department was sentenced in federal court today to 48 months in prison and 10 years of supervised probation for possession of child pornography.U.S. attorney's office release here.
The LRPD might be a little slow going after drivers of reported hit-and-run drivers with legislative plates, but it's true they have other fish to fry.