Woman uses pimple defense in stabbing

A woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend during an argument Tuesday told the Pulaski County sheriff's office that his wound was, in fact, a pimple.

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Deputies responded at 1:34 a.m. to 27925 Nichols Loop Road, the home of Carrie Ojeda and Dale Schlesier. The two were intoxicated and broken glass was strewn about the floor, according to an arrest report.

Schlesier, 54, told deputies that Ojeda, 48, had stabbed him in the torso. He said they had been in a heated argument because Ojeda hid his bank cards, according to the report.

But Ojeda said the wound was a zit and the dispute began when Schlesier threw a mop at her and got dirty water on her wig.

Schlesier lifted his shirt and showed deputies a "very small" and "not very deep" cut on his left side. The purported pimple actually was a puncture.

Ojeda was charged with third-degree domestic battery. She was being held in the Pulaski County jail in lieu of bond late Tuesday.

Deputies reported that as Ojeda was being taken from the home, she told her boyfriend that his bank cards were behind a mirror.

Nightclub squabble leads to tire cutting

A Saturday argument at a nightclub carried over to a Little Rock fast-food parking lot Monday, resulting in slashed tires and a person being pepper sprayed, according to a police report.

Officers responded to the McDonald's at 701 Broadway about 4:15 p.m. Monday, where they met Britney Johnson, 26, and Lovetta Thomas, 25, both of Little Rock, police said. Johnson told officers she and Thomas were involved in an altercation at Club Elevations on Saturday with Erica Jordan, Kiara Henderson and other women, police reported. Johnson said everyone left the club, and she hoped the altercation was over.

On Monday, Thomas drove Johnson's 2010 Dodge Charger to the McDonald's where Johnson worked, police reported. After she arrived, Henderson, Jordan and three other women walked over from the neighboring Taco Bell.

Police said Henderson entered McDonald's and said, "Where that [woman] at? I been looking for her all day."

Henderson then left McDonald's and began cutting the tires of Johnson's car, police said. When Thomas approached her, Henderson pointed the knife at her, police reported. A McDonald's customer then approached Henderson, but she told him to get back.

When Johnson -- who also said she was threatened by Henderson -- pepper sprayed Henderson, Jordan and the other women, the pepper spray blew into the face of a bystander, police said.

Henderson, Jordan and the other women walked back to the Taco Bell parking lot and left the scene in an older, grayish Chevrolet Impala and a newer, dark blue Chevrolet Impala, police reported.

Dollar General in LR robbed by two men

Police are searching for two masked men who robbed a Little Rock store Monday evening.

Police responded to the Dollar General at 5023 Baseline Road about 6:05 p.m. Monday, where employees told them two men entered the business and robbed it, according to a police report.

One robber pointed a silver handgun at employees and demanded all of the money in the register while the other robber walked around the counter and took the money, police said.

The two men took an undisclosed amount of cash and were seen running south on Sunset Lane, police reported.

The robbers are described as black and wearing masks. The first assailant was wearing a red jacket and dark pants, and the other one, described as between the ages of 18 and 22, was wearing a black hoodie and black pants.

Police investigate two robberies in LR

Little Rock police Tuesday were investigating two armed robberies that occurred hours and blocks apart.

Officers responded about 7:25 a.m. Monday to Family Development Center at 2725 W. 12th St., just east of South Woodrow Street. An employee, Elizabeth Clawson, 58, told police she had been walking toward the entrance of the center when a man with a pistol ran toward her, according to a police report.

Clawson fell down, and the man took her purse and fled west.

Police reported Clawson suffered minor injuries to her legs. She refused medical treatment at the scene.

About eight hours earlier, Celestino Hernandez had been taken at gunpoint from West 12th and Woodrow streets and robbed, according to a police report.

Hernandez, 46, told police he walked out of a gas station at the intersection and found two men sitting in his van, a light green GMC G15. He said that over the next several hours, the men forced him to drive to several homes where they exchanged black bags with residents, according to the report.

Hernandez told police the men also forced him to withdraw cash from several ATMs, about $1,500 total, and rent two rooms at a hotel. He said he ran from the vehicle at an unknown location.

The assailants drove away in the van. They're described as black men between 45 and 50 years old who are each about 5 feet, 9 inches tall.

Officers reported that Hernandez had road rash on his torso and arm. The extent of his injuries was unclear.

No arrests had been made in either case late Tuesday.

Man tells LR police friend set up holdup

An Arkadelphia man told police a friend had set him up to be robbed at gunpoint during a visit to Little Rock last week.

Officers spoke Monday to Chefik Chitou, who told them he had traveled to Little Rock on Friday with a friend, Xavier Stringfellow, according to a police report. Chitou, 21, had $2,500 to purchase a car. The pair picked up another man, James Ivory, before stopping at a gas station at 8101 Stagecoach Road.

A man described as black then entered the vehicle and held Chitou at gunpoint, according to the report. Ivory purportedly told the robber that Chitou had cash before exiting the vehicle and fleeing with the unidentified man.

No injuries were reported.

Chitou told police he believed Stringfellow arranged the holdup, according to the report. No arrests had been made late Tuesday.

An investigation is ongoing.

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