UPDATE: Suspect Named in UALR Student Robbery
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Updated: September 12, 2012
The suspect in custody has been identified as 18-year-old James Hinton. Hinton is not a student of the university.
ORIGINAL STORY:
UALR Police searching for a suspect after a student is robbed at gunpoint on campus. Around 4:15 p.m. a student reported that two males had stolen his laptop.
The student was outside the Trojan Grill area when two males approached him. One of those males had a gun. After stealing the student's laptop, the two males fled into a nearby neighborhood just east of campus across 30th Street.
One of the suspects were taken into custody along with the laptop. The second suspect is described as a heavy set 6'0 tall black male wearing a black shirt with cut off sleeves and the letter "A" tattooed on his left arm.
If you have any information you are asked to contact the UALR Police Department.

