Alleged sex abuse leads to youth’s arrest
Lawrence police arrested a 15-year-old boy accused of threatening and sodomizing a 13-year-old boy. Police said the alleged sexual abuse occurred 2 p.m. Friday in central Lawrence.
Lawrence police department spokeswoman Kim Murphree said the suspect threatened the younger teenager, forcing the boy to engage in inappropriate sexual conduct.
The boy was taken to the juvenile detention center.
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