Police have arrested a man in connection with two LIttle Rock firework stand robberies. Authorities say Courtland Dwayne Ray was arrested after bragging to his friends about the robberies.
Pulaski County deputies say Ray and another suspect walked into the tent at 24 hour Fireworks World on Kanis Road at 3am Saturday morning but they didn't buy anything. Then deputies say the suspects came back a few hours later with at least five other people, pulled guns on the guardsmen and workers and demanded cash.
The men left after stealing about $2,000 worth of fireworks, a Playstation and about $40.
Terry Watson with Fireworks World doesn’t want people to think the fireworks stand is unsafe because of the robbery. “This place is safe and I feel safe out here,” he said. “We’ve been out here for 17 years and this is the first time anything like this has happened. I’m going to look at it as an isolated incident and I’m not worried that anything else is gonna happen.”
Watson says because of the robbery, the parent company in Batesville will take extra safety measures when that stand opens this week.
