On the record
Law enforcement report
¢ A 46-year-old Lawrence woman told police an acquaintance raped her between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday in central Lawrence. Police have sent a report of the incident to the District Attorney’s office for possible charges.
¢ Three passersby reported seeing a man touching himself inappropriately in a downtown walkway about 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, according to a report. The man has not been identified.
¢ Lawrence Police served a search warrant Wednesday afternoon at a home in the 2400 block of Brushcreek Drive as part of an investigation into whether a 19-year-old Lawrence man was selling drugs from the home of a 22-year-old woman, police said. They seized items including cash, drug paraphernalia, and suspected marijuana, but no arrests have been made.
¢ Lawrence Police say a man who grabbed cash from a register at a grocery store left behind something important after he ran away: his ID.
The man approached an employee at Dillons, 1740 Mass., about 8 p.m. Tuesday and asked for change for a $100 bill, according to a report. While the employee was counting money, he also asked for a pack of cigarettes, then grabbed money from the register and ran.
Police said he left behind “an item with identification.” Officers found David E. Thompson, 21, of Eudora, in the alley in the 1300 block of Connecticut Street and arrested him. They also found him in possession of suspected drug paraphernalia: a metal pipe containing a Brillo pad.
Burglaries and thefts reported
¢ 600 block of Kentucky Street: A wide-angle lens valued at $5,000 was stolen from News TV corporation, 616 Ky., between Aug. 5 and Aug. 14.
¢ 5100 block of Speicher Road: Three Kansas University students reported golf equipment, an iPod and other items worth more than $4,500 total stolen from a vehicle between 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24 and 2 p.m. Aug. 25.
¢ 1700 section of north 200 Road: A family member and two other people are suspected in the theft of more than $8,000 worth of property from a 66-year-old man’s outbuilding. It was reported Aug. 8 to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Emergency calls
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical reported the following responses:
Fire calls
¢ Natural gas leak, 8:43 a.m. Wednesday, 2519 Morningside Drive.
¢ Smoke or odor removal, 10:28 a.m. Wednesday, 1200 Sunnyside Ave.
¢ Dispatched to fire, canceled, 10:39 a.m. Wednesday, 1205 Oak Tree Drive.
¢ Detector activation, no fire, unintentional, 7:35 p.m. Wednesday, 1603 W. 15th St.
¢ Detector activation, no fire, unintentional, 10:39 p.m. Wednesday, 1734 Engel Road.






