Suspect flees twice, arrested both times

A 33-year-old Lawrence man was arrested twice early Sunday.

The man was first arrested near the scene of a police stop; the second time as he was taken to the Douglas County Judicial & Law Enforcement Center.

About 2:30 a.m., a patrol officer stopped a car he thought might be carrying a suspect sought in another case, Police Sgt. Mike Pattrick said.

A man left the car from the passenger’s side and took off running. Other officers arrived and caught him behind a house in the 1500 block of Haskell Avenue, Pattrick said. The man did not turn out to be the suspect the officer sought.

The driver of the stopped vehicle told police he knew his passenger but said he had been forced to drive at knifepoint, Pattrick said.

Officers took the passenger into custody, but he later ran from them again after they arrived at the center, 111 E. 11th St., where he was to be questioned. Police recaptured him about a mile and a half away, in the 900 block of La Salle Street.

The suspect was taken to the Douglas County Jail but was released Monday pending charges.

Suspect fights police, damages patrol car

A 40-year-old Lawrence man allegedly fought with police and kicked the inside of a patrol car, causing damage, after he was arrested early Monday, Lawrence Police said.

About 4 a.m. police were called to the 200 block of North Sixth Street on a report of a man knocking on doors in the area.

Police found the suspect walking along North Sixth Street and ordered him to stop. When he ignored officers, he was arrested. Police said the suspect fought with them and then kicked and damaged the inside of a patrol car’s back seat cage. Damage was listed at less than $500.

The suspect was taken to the Douglas County Jail but was released Monday afternoon because no charges were filed.

Court hearing scheduled in accidental shooting

A preliminary hearing is scheduled next month for a Topeka man charged with reckless involuntary manslaughter in a 1998 hunting accident.

Douglas County District Judge Jack Murphy will decide after the 2 p.m. May 13 hearing if there is enough evidence to try Joseph Beier, 24, on the charge.

Beier is accused of being liable in the reckless killing of Misty Taylor, a Topeka teen-ager accidentally shot to death in November 1998 near Lecompton.

Another man who was with Beier and Taylor, Donald Koch, then 22, Topeka, was convicted in August 1999 of involuntary manslaughter.

According to testimony in Koch’s trial, Koch was holding Beier’s rifle when it discharged and the bullet struck Taylor. Koch was sentenced to three years of probation.

Dog owners sued for llama deaths

A rural Lawrence couple has filed a lawsuit against the owners of three dogs, alleging that more than a year ago the dogs injured and killed several llamas.

Stephen P. and Carolyn Braden owned the llamas and are seeking more than $120,000 in damages from their neighbors, Scott and Lisa Chamberlain. The lawsuit was filed March 7 in Douglas County District Court.

The lawsuit alleges that on Dec. 19, 2000, the Chamberlain’s dogs two Rottweilers and a St. Bernard entered a machine shed on the Braden farm and attacked the llamas. The Bradens said they found three of their llamas severely injured and four killed.

The Bradens maintain the Chamberlains were negligent in preventing the dogs from attacking the llamas.

The Chamberlains couldn’t be reached for comment.