On the record

Law enforcement report

Lawrence Police on Monday gave the following report of police activity during the weekend:

Sunday:

  • 314 calls
  • 30 reports
  • two burglaries
  • nine noninjury accidents
  • two injury accidents

Saturday:

  • 313 calls
  • 35 reports
  • one burglary
  • two forgeries
  • two thefts
  • eight noninjury accidents
  • two injury accidents

Friday:

  • 336 calls
  • 50 reports
  • one criminal damage to property
  • one forgery
  • four thefts
  • 13 noninjury accidents
  • Two Kansas University students have been charged with setting fire to playground equipment. KU Police said the two students, John M. Gordon and Samuel J. Winslow, were caught about 1 a.m. Sunday using an accelerant to set fire to playground equipment at Stouffer Place family apartments near 19th and Iowa streets. According to a report, the small fire was put out with a fire extinguisher. Prosecutors formally charged them Monday with one count each of arson but didn’t oppose a request to let the two out of jail on their own recognizance.

Burglaries and thefts reported

  • An Independence, Mo., man told Douglas County Sheriff’s officials someone took his $25,000 Buell motorcycle between Sept. 12 and Sept. 15 from the 1900 section of East 1450 Road.
  • Someone took a USA Today newspaper vending machine valued at $575 from the 3100 block of Iowa Street. The incident happened between 3:30 a.m. Thursday and 3:30 a.m. Friday, according to a report.
  • Hy-Vee, 3504 Clinton Parkway, is missing $3,171 in currency taken between July 2003 and July 2004, according to a report.

Emergency calls

Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical reported the following responses:

Fire calls

  • Smoke scare, 5:36 p.m. Sunday, 436 Calif.
  • False alarm, 4:13 a.m. Sunday, 1800 Engel Road.