Jacksonville police arrest man for making threats against Walmart workers

JACKSONVILLE, Ark. – Jacksonville police made an arrest Saturday morning after a man was allegedly making threats to harm Walmart employees.

According to investigators, officers responded to a man calling into police dispatch saying he was going to shoot employees at the Jacksonville Walmart. After getting a description of the man, Kenyon Branch was developed as a suspect.

Officers said Branch was quickly located at the Walmart on McCain Boulevard in North Little Rock and taken into custody.

Police say that Branch is now facing charges of falsely communicating terroristic threats and second-degree criminal impersonation.

Branch is currently being held at the Pulaski County Regional Detention Center.

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