Law enforcement report

Lawrence Police said Wednesday that in the past 24 hours they’d handled:

• 244 calls
• 28 reports
• one burglary
• 12 noninjury accidents

Injury accidents

• An Ottawa teen was injured Tuesday when his car struck a tree in a ditch. Clinton Bryan, 17, Ottawa, was headed north on Tennessee Road in Franklin County before 7 a.m. when his attention was diverted and his car entered a ditch and struck a tree, according to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol. Bryan was taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, where he was treated and released.

Burglaries and thefts reported

• Lawrence Police received a reported that a 62-year-old woman stole $5,461 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development between January 1995 and February 2004. According to a report, she illegally received benefits from the agency during that period because she failed to report income from a pension.

The woman lived in an apartment in the 1600 block of Haskell Ave., according to the report.

Emergency calls

Fire calls

• Arcing, shorted electrical equipment, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1704 Barker Ave.
• Smoke detector activation due to malfunction, 6:56 p.m. Tuesday, 701 W. 9th St.
• Smoke detector activation, no fire — unintentional, 2:31 p.m. Tuesday, 1101 Horizon Drive.

Lawrence Humane Society

Stray dogs brought to shelter

• Lhasa Apso, cream with faded red collar, female, 7-8 years old.
• Blue heeler, tri-colored, female, 2-3 years old.
• Poodle mix, black with black collar, neutered male, male, 2-3 years old.
• Beagle mix, black and tan with red collar, female, 2 years old.