On the record

Law enforcement report

¢ Lawrence Police arrested a 23-year-old man for “aggressive panhandling” on Thursday night in front of a restaurant in downtown Lawrence.

The 26-year-old victim told police he was in front of Buffalo Wild Wings, 1012 Mass., shortly before 7 p.m. when the man began asking him for money and threatened him when he refused to give it. Police say they found the suspect about an hour later seated on the ground between the Red Lyon Tavern and the Replay Lounge in the 900 block of Massachusetts Street. He was booked into jail.

¢ Lawrence Police were investigating a possible theft Friday night from Walgreens, 3421 W. Sixth St. Marc Carnes, the store’s assistant manager, said a man was acting strangely when he came about 10 p.m. to the pharmacy counter and demanded a certain medication.

Workers did not see the man brandish a weapon but they thought he might have put a store item into his coat before he ran out, Carnes said. Officers were still investigating late Friday.

¢ Police are investigating a report that a 16-year-old boy raped a 15-year-old female acquaintance earlier this week at a home in East Lawrence. Police were called to Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Tuesday to take the report. She told officers it happened between 10:30 p.m. and midnight Monday.

¢ A 29-year-old bicyclist told police someone tried to pull off his backpack Thursday night as he rode in the 700 block of West Sixth Street. The man told police he was riding west on the sidewalk about 8:10 p.m. when a man walking east approached the back of his bicycle and pulled on the left side of the backpack. The victim told police he sped away and last saw the suspect – described as a balding male – running north along Indiana Street.

¢ Police took a tan and white pit bull into custody Thursday morning after it escaped from the backyard of a home in the 1800 block of Miller Drive. Because of the dog’s condition, police are investigating it as a possible case of cruelty to animals.

Injury accident

¢ A 21-year-old Olathe woman suffered neck and back injuries after her vehicle rolled on Interstate 70 near the west Lawrence exit Friday evening.

According to a Kansas Turnpike Authority report, Terin Barnes was taking the exit ramp from westbound I-70 when she lost control. The 2005 Ford slid into the north ditch and rolled almost twice. Barnes was wearing her seat belt and was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Emergency calls

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

Fire Calls

¢ Smoke scare, odor of smoke, 1:23 a.m. Thursday, 2603 Dover Square.

¢ Overheated motor, 8:21 a.m. Thursday, 3421 W. Sixth St.

¢ Heat from short-circuit wiring, 5:33 p.m. Thursday, 4828 W. 24th St.