Update: Pine Bluff PD Arrest Aggravated Robbery Suspect
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: August 23, 2012
Thursday Update:
The man who pulled a gun on a store clerk after stealing a 30 pack of beer was arrested Wednesday night.
Pine Bluff Police report 29-year-old Jason Anderson was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery.
Original Story:
Pine Bluff Police are searching for a man in connection to an aggravated robbery that took place last Friday.
Officers responded to the call at the Hazel Street Food Mart on West 17th Avenue, where the clerk said a man walked in and stole a 30 pack of beer. The clerk chased after the man, but stopped his pursuit after the suspect pointed a gun at him.
The suspect was described as a tall black male who had on a backwards baseball hat featuring an "A," a large white t-shirt, dark shorts, white socks and white shoes.
The suspect is wanted for aggravated robbery and theft, and is considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information should call the Pine Bluff Police Detective Division at (870) 730-2090. All calls will be kept confidential and a reward is available for information leading to the identification and arrest of the suspect(s).
Anonymous tips can also be submitted at www.pbpd.org or through the Pine Bluff PD Facebook page.
To text your anonymous tip to Detectives, text to CRIMES then put "PBPD" with your message.
The man who pulled a gun on a store clerk after stealing a 30 pack of beer was arrested Wednesday night.
Pine Bluff Police report 29-year-old Jason Anderson was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery.
Original Story:
Pine Bluff Police are searching for a man in connection to an aggravated robbery that took place last Friday.
Officers responded to the call at the Hazel Street Food Mart on West 17th Avenue, where the clerk said a man walked in and stole a 30 pack of beer. The clerk chased after the man, but stopped his pursuit after the suspect pointed a gun at him.
The suspect was described as a tall black male who had on a backwards baseball hat featuring an "A," a large white t-shirt, dark shorts, white socks and white shoes.
The suspect is wanted for aggravated robbery and theft, and is considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information should call the Pine Bluff Police Detective Division at (870) 730-2090. All calls will be kept confidential and a reward is available for information leading to the identification and arrest of the suspect(s).
Anonymous tips can also be submitted at www.pbpd.org or through the Pine Bluff PD Facebook page.
To text your anonymous tip to Detectives, text to CRIMES then put "PBPD" with your message.
Comments
to bad the storeowner didnt have a gun and killed this idiot, now wait was the storeowner white or black because apparently thats makes all the difference as to wether or not this thing is guilty even though he is on film stealing, no we will have to have rally and someone will have to come and speak for this poor young black man whos just stealing to support some kind of habit that really isnt his fault because hes black
lloyd b.
August 23, 2012 at 6:43 am
to bad the storeowner didnt have a gun and killed this idiot, now wait was the storeowner white or black because apparently thats makes all the difference as to wether or not this thing is guilty even though he is on film stealing, no we will have to have rally and someone will have to come and speak for this poor young black man whos just stealing to support some kind of habit that really isnt his fault because hes black
lloyd b.
August 23, 2012 at 6:43 am
