Little Rock security officer’s gun taken during robbery and use in other violent crimes
Little Rock AR Nov 27, 2021
Police recently arrested several robbery crews in their determination to curb the rising number of violent armed robberies.
On Oct. 28, police arrested Kenny Billups, 31, after an armed robbery at a gas station on Colonel Glenn Road where Billups exchanged gunfire with a bystander whose mother he had tried to rob, according to a police report.
Billups was charged with at least three felony aggravated robbery charges, detention records indicate.
A report from Nov. 15 mentions a second suspect who aided Billups in robbing a Waffle House at 201 North Shackleford Road, but does not identify the suspect, and Barnes could not immediately say whether Billups’ accomplice had been arrested.
In the Waffle House robbery, Billups is charged with stealing a gun from a security guard that he used in other robberies that was in his possession when he was arrested, according to the report.
The arrests of the robbery crews should help contribute to lowering the number of robberies this month, Barnes said.
“We’re hoping that will turn those numbers back down,” he said.
