Law enforcement report

¢ Lawrence Police were responding late Tuesday to a report of a physical disturbance involving weapons on the 1800 block of West 26th Street. There were no reports of injuries. No further details were available.

¢ A report of a man being chased by two others wielding a club led police to a suspect believed to have had inappropriate sexual contact with a 12-year-old girl.

Around 7 p.m. Sunday, police responded to a call that two people were chasing a 29-year-old man in a neighborhood in southeast Lawrence. Officers made contact with the two, males ages 15 and 28, who said they had gone to find the 29-year-old after learning that he may have had sex with the girl, who is a family member of the 15-year-old. Police took a statement from the girl.

As of Tuesday, the case remained under investigation, and no arrests had been made. Police would not say exactly where the chase or the alleged sexual contact happened, citing concerns for the girl’s privacy.

¢ A Lawrence woman told police a panhandler followed her and made a threat of sexual violence to her early Tuesday morning after she gave him part of a sandwich.

The 21-year-old woman said that the man approached her about 1:30 a.m. outside Jimmy John’s sandwich shop, 922 Mass., and asked her to buy him a sandwich. The woman told police she went into the store, bought a turkey sandwich, gave the man half, and started walking west. She told police the man followed her to the 900 block of Ohio Street, came up behind her and made a threatening sexual comment.

She started running and found a police officer in the area. Officers found a 48-year-old man matching the description at the Presto Phillips 66, 602 W. Ninth St., and arrested him for making a criminal threat. He appeared to be under the influence of alcohol and told officers he hadn’t eaten for a few days, according to a report. He denied threatening the woman.

Injury accidents

¢ A bicyclist injured Monday in a wreck at Ninth and New Hampshire streets has been treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released. The cyclist, Peggy L. Manka, 47, Lawrence, was riding her bike west across the crosswalk on New Hampshire Street shortly before 11:30 a.m. when she was struck by a southbound Subaru Outback driven by Courtney N. Gray, 24, Lawrence. Gray was cited for a stop sign violation.

Emergency calls

Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical reported the following fire calls:

¢ Smoke detector activation due to malfunction, 6:47 a.m. Monday, 1312 La.

¢ Alarm system sounded, no fire, unintentional, 7:01 a.m. Monday, 3201 Iowa.

¢ Gas leak (natural gas or LPG), 12:34 p.m. Monday, 1600 North 1700 Road.

¢ Carbon monoxide incident, 1:17 p.m. Monday, 1116 Summerfield Way.

¢ Smoke detector activation, no fire, unintentional, 1:31 p.m. Monday, 2022 Marvonne Road.

¢ Grass fire, 3:54 p.m. Monday, 803 Arizona Court.

¢ Overheated motor, 11:25 p.m. Monday, 3403 W. Eighth St.