A man police say impersonated a police officer in an armed robbery last month in Little Rock was arrested Monday.
Thomas Paige, 27, held up a man July 27 outside the 65th Street Stop & Shop at 6402 Butler Road, police said. Paige pulled a gun, showed the man a badge and identified himself as a police officer, according to an arrest report. Police said Paige then took about $200 from the man and fled.
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Paige surrendered to police on an arrest warrant about 11 p.m. Monday, according to the report.
He was charged with aggravated robbery, theft of property and second-degree criminal impersonation. Paige was being held in the Pulaski County jail late Tuesday.
Police said a boy involved in the robbery had also been arrested. Further details weren’t immediately available.