Officers arrest robbery suspect

Officers arrested a 44-year-old Lawrence woman suspected of robbing a clerk at a local Kwik Shop, 1611 E. 23rd St., early Friday.

Police said the suspect walked into the Kwik Shop at 23rd and Harper just before 3 a.m. Once inside, she pushed a female clerk, who was alone in the store, stole the phone so the clerk couldn’t call for help and took cash from the register behind the counter.

She was seen leaving the scene in a gray pickup truck. Officers spotted the vehicle heading north on Haskell Avenue and arrested her in connection with a number of charges, including robbery, intimidation of a witness and battery.