A Grass Valley man who’d been sought for an assault and robbery at a local store, earlier this summer, has been arrested. Police Lieutenant Clint Bates says 25-year-old Mathew Little turned himself in over the past weekend. The incident occurred in late July….

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Bates says Little allegedly hit the clerk several times, taking his cell phone and wallet…

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Little has a significant criminal background with Grass Valley Police. In 2018, he was sentenced to over two years in prison for reportedly luring a theft suspect to a local home, with two other young men, and threatening that person with a gun. That was his first arrest. And then about a year ago, he was taken into custody for several burglaries of downtown businesses. After making bail, he failed to make his next court appearance.