$2,500 reward offered in post office burglary

Perry — The U.S. Postal Service is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of culprits who broke into the Perry post office early Thursday.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s investigators said at least two people were involved in that burglary and another at Golden Pizza restaurant, 600 E. Front St.

Officers also found a pickup truck stolen from the State Park at Perry Lake. They thought the late-1980s model Dodge truck was used to bash open the back door to Golden Pizza, Sheriff Roy Dunnaway said.

The truck was found abandoned Thursday morning at Roadside Park east of Perry, Dunnaway said.

About $100 worth of supplies were taken from the post office.

Above, Perry resident Ed Putnam exits the Perry post office, where reward notices have been posted.

At Golden Pizza, burglars looted arcade machines.

Anyone with information about the post office burglary is asked to call Postal Inspector Shawn Ippolito at 913-266-2400.

Crime

Lecompton residents told to watch for thieves

Residents in the Lecompton area should be on the watch for burglars who have been taking tools from outbuildings, Douglas County Sheriff’s officers said.

There were four burglaries Tuesday and Wednesday, Lt. Ken Massey said. They were in the 1400 section of East 150 Road, 60 section of North 2190 Road, 1900 section of East 175 Road and 1200 section of East 250 Road.

“We think they are driving into the driveways and ringing doorbells or knocking on doors to see if anyone is home,” Massey said of the burglars.

Officers are looking for two vehicles that suspects may be driving. One is a late-model red sport utility vehicle with a rack on its roof; the other is a blue, early ’90s Ford Escort. Two white males in their 20s might be in the vehicle, Massey said.

People with information are asked to call 843-TIPS (8477).

Courts

Shooting suspect gets 17 years in drug case

Topeka — A Lawrence man Thursday was sentenced to nearly 20 years in a federal prison for possessing and intending to distribute cocaine.

Antonio Floyd, 19, pleaded guilty Dec. 3 to the charge. U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson ordered Floyd to spend the next 17 years and six months in prison without a chance for parole. After his sentence is served, he will have to spend five years on supervised release.

Floyd admitted in his plea that on Aug. 19, 2002, he was stopped by Lawrence Police and found to be in possession of about two ounces of crack cocaine.

Floyd also is charged in Douglas County with attempted first-degree murder and sexual battery.

The charges stem from the Nov. 5, 2002, shooting of a Lawrence woman who was supposed to testify against Floyd in the federal drug case, Lawrence police said at the time.

Federal authorities never confirmed that the woman was a witness.