On the record
Law enforcement report
Lawrence Police said Friday that in the past 24 hours they’d handled:
- 245 calls.
- 34 reports.
- four burglaries.
- one theft.
- two noninjury accidents.
- one injury accident.
- A 34-year-old Gardner man was being held Friday in the Douglas County Jail after being arrested on a warrant alleging he fondled a 9-year-old girl this summer.
Prosecutors allege the incident happened June 10. The Eudora Police Department investigated the case, but details about where the incident happened weren’t available Friday.
- A 27-year-old Lawrence man was charged Friday with criminal damage to property and reckless driving after an incident Thursday night.
Police initially investigated it as a case of aggravated assault and child endangerment. Sgt. Dan Ward, a Lawrence Police spokesman, said the victim, a 21-year-old Lawrence woman, told police the man arrived to pick her up at work in Eudora intoxicated, with her 3-year-old child unrestrained in the front seat. The woman told police the man later drove his car toward her repeatedly and slammed on the brakes.
- A 19-year-old female Kansas University student told police a 22-year-old KU student she’d met at The Bottleneck raped her about 1:30 a.m. Friday after she went back to his residence in the Oread neighborhood. She told police she wanted to document the incident but didn’t want to press charges.
Injury accidents
- A Lawrence man was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital Friday after his white Ford pickup hit a concrete barrier. Gary Lee Harper, 21, was driving a truck owned by Midwest Exterminators on the right of way of Pearson Government Solutions, 3833 Greenway Drive, when he passed out and hit a concrete barrier, a witness said. No condition update was available.
Burglaries and thefts reported
- Two Kansas University students told police someone broke into a Pontiac at their residence, caused $700 damage to the car and stole compact discs, speakers and an amplifier. The incident happened between midnight and 8 a.m. Thursday in the 500 block of North John Doy Court.
Emergency calls
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical reported the following responses:
Fire calls
- Smoke detector activation, no fire, 11:28 p.m. Thursday, 1021 Mo.
- Carbon monoxide detector activation, no CO, 5:10 p.m. Thursday, 3725 Pinnacle Court.
- Alarm malfunction, 12:08 p.m. Thursday, 1651 Naismith Drive.
Lawrence Humane Society
Stray dogs brought to shelter
Shepherd mix, black and tan, female, 2 years old.