Conway, AR – The incident happened shortly before 8 pm January 31, 2013 as Officer William Michael McGary helped direct traffic around a car accident on Dave Ward Drive and Exchange.  Officer McGary, who has been with the department just shy of two years, was standing outside of his vehicle when he was hit by another vehicle.  Officer McGary was airlifted from the scene to a Little Rock Hospital due to the severity of his injuries.  No one else was seriously injured in the accident.

Conway Police say a man left his 13 month old son alone at home in Conway to go drinking at a bar in Little Rock Friday night.  Now 47 year old Joseph Garland Torian is behind bars facing a felony charge of endangering the welfare of a minor.

Twenty two year old Gabriel Jaquez of Conway, already in jail in Pulaski County accused of two shootings and leading police there on a pursuit, now faces charges in Conway for the armed robbery of a woman and her six year old son.  This happened  October 15, 2012 at a home on Creekwood.  The woman reported to police that a man entered her garage with a shotgun, demanded her car keys and money.  The woman told her son to run and the child child hid inside of the house.  According to the victim the man left with her SUV, which was found later that day in Pulaski County. 

Jaquez was developed as a suspect here in Conway after the incident in Pulaski County.  Detective Sara Ault with Conway Police interviewed Jaquez, remorseful for scaring the child, he admitted to committing the crime.  Jaquez faces two counts of aggravated robbery (Y-Felony with a firearms enhancement), theft of property by force with a firearm (C-Felony) and possession of firearms by certain persons for a previous felony conviction (B-Felony).

Jaquez remains in the Pulaski County jail. Detective Ault requested a hold be placed on him for the Conway Police Department.

 Conway Police arrested Jonathan Thacker Monday night. Thacker turned himself into police after learning police wanted to talk to him in connection with a rape case, he's being held on charges of rape and residential burglary.