POLICE BEAT: Boyfriend bashed in spat, report says; Waffle House crash leads to DWI charge; gunmen rob skateboarders

Boyfriend bashedin spat, report says

A Little Rock man is accused of hitting his boyfriend in the head with a brick during an argument, according to a police report.

Jeremie Coleman, 27, was arrested about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the report shows. He is charged with second-degree domestic battery.

The victim, Brandon Minnifield, reportedly had a deep laceration on his head that required stitches.

The altercation took place at their residence in the 8700 block of Interstate 30, police said.

Coleman was being held at the Pulaski County jail as of Saturday afternoon, records show. He is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.

Waffle House crash leads to DWI charge

A man faces a driving-while-intoxicated charge after Little Rock police say he crashed into a Waffle House early Friday.

About 1:15 a.m., a report shows, officers found Casi Patrick Coburn, 49, standing outside his vehicle at 500 S. Bowman Road.

Coburn was reportedly unsteady on his feet and refused to submit to a breath test. A witness said Coburn was driving the vehicle when it crashed into the building.

Coburn was charged with a second-degree DWI. He had been released from the Pulaski County jail as of Saturday afternoon and is scheduled to appear in court July 31.

Company vehicles, gear taken in night

A Little Rock fencing company reported that nearly $100,000 in vehicles, tools and equipment were stolen during a break-in last week, authorities said.

A 31-year-old employee at Master Halco, at 11125 Interstate 30, told police the business was burglarized sometime after he left work at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and before he arrived again at 6 a.m. Wednesday, according to a report from the Police Department.

Police said about $60,000 in tools and equipment were taken from buildings in the complex, along with two pickups and a 16-foot trailer on the property.

The report says a 2017 Dodge worth $15,000, a 2006 Chevrolet worth $10,000 and a $10,000 trailer were the vehicles stolen.

A 2001 Chevrolet on the property also was broken into, an employee told police.

2 gunmen in Jeep rob skateboarders

Three 21-year-olds were robbed at gunpoint at a North Little Rock skate park Tuesday afternoon, according to a police report.

Officers responded shortly after 2 p.m. to 2801 River Road, the listed address for Riverview Skate Park.

The trio told authorities they were riding their skateboards when they noticed a dark-colored Jeep pull up next to their Ford Expedition. When they started getting into the SUV to leave, two people got out of the Jeep and asked for "cigarettes, weed and a lighter," the report states.

When the victims said they didn't have anything, one of the people pulled out a handgun and demanded that they give him "everything you got," according to police.

Listed as stolen were: three wallets with a total of $600 cash and identification and debit cards inside, three iPhones and two sets of keys.

The victims -- one Little Rock resident and two North Little Rock residents -- told police the Jeep then fled north on Paul Duke Drive.

Officers noted that they eventually recovered everything except one set of keys and one wallet. The wallets that were found did not have any cash.

Bullet hits NLR boy in leg, enters bone

A 16-year-old boy was injured in a shooting Wednesday outside a home in North Little Rock, according to a police report.

Officers said the shooting happened about 1:15 a.m. at a residence on West 18th or 19th streets, a couple of blocks off Pike Avenue.

The victim was on the front porch with two friends when three shots were fired, according to a North Little Rock Police Department report.

One bullet hit him in the right leg, just above the knee.

Witnesses said they tied a T-shirt around the boy's leg after he fell to the ground in pain.

The boy's father picked him up and drove him to Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, where a nurse told officers the bullet went through a bone.

The injury was not considered life-threatening.

The report said no one saw a vehicle drive by or heard anyone near the house before the shooting.

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