Lawrence police were searching Tuesday for a naked man who tried to grab a teenager off her bike.
The 17-year-old Lawrence girl told police she was riding her bicycle near the Eighth Street boat ramp in North Lawrence, when the incident occurred.
“She observed a white male in his late 40s — wearing only footwear — standing in her path,” police spokeswoman Kim Murphree said of the girl’s report. “She was able to ride past him when he reached for her.”
Police said the girl was not injured.
Officers are looking for a white male suspect, who's about 5 feet 10 inches tall, has shoulder-length dark hair, a light mustache, a pot belly, a muscular build, and is balding.
Information about the incident should be reported to Crimestoppers, at 843-TIPS.
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was_freashpowder2 (Alexander Neighbors) says…
do we even get like a sketch of the perp ?
OldEnuf2BYurDad (anonymous) says…
Well... if he doesn't have a wardrobe change, we don't need a sketch.
Actually, I'd like to find a way to get the image out of my mind that I have right now...
SandCoAlmanac (anonymous) says…
Pot belly and balding. How many posters here would fit that description? Let's count off: I'm one .....
OldEnuf2BYurDad (anonymous) says…
When I read stuff like this, I find myself becoming a fan of vigilante justice. Some pipe-wielding rednecks, some rock salt in a shotgun, etc., would teach him to dress down in OUR town.
I hope he got a sunburn.
Did_I_say_that (DIST) says…
A scene from Porky's comes to mind - the shower scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIcSuy...
been_there (anonymous) says…
It's not often you see muscular build and pot belly go together.
bearded_gnome (anonymous) says…
Officers are looking for a white male suspect, who's about 5 feet 10 inches tall, has shoulder-length dark hair, a light mustache, a pot belly, a muscular
build, and is balding.
---whew, sure glad he wasn't also described as having a *beard!* that was close.
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seriously, sometimes wacko bums hang out down there, I've seen them. creepsvile! run 'em all outa there!
[begin countdown until Irish identifies with them and yells at all of us!]
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and hey, 17-year-old-girl! good going! you go girl! I'm very happy to read you got away safely you did something right! and, I'm thinking you had some courage in that minute when you realized you were in danger! [applause]
ASBESTOS (anonymous) says…
A Naked "white male suspect, who's about 5 feet 10 inches tall, has shoulder-length dark hair, a light mustache, a pot belly, a muscular build, and is balding."
That should not be too difficult to find in Lawrence that is "hanging out by the eighth street boat docks".
pace (anonymous) says…
The guy could be dangerous, I am glad the girl got away. I do have to say the line “She observed a white male in his late 40s — wearing only footwear — standing in her path,” got to me. "She observed"seemed so inanimate, She saw, or suddenly there was, but "she observed" was odd.
kusp8 (anonymous) says…
"Officers are looking for a white male suspect, who's about 5 feet 10 inches tall, has shoulder-length dark hair, a light mustache, a pot belly, a muscular build, and is balding."
Really? Shoulder length hair and is balding, as well as a pot belly and a muscular build. Is this person also a male that has female genitalia? Or a person who is left handed and is right-hand dominated?
Haha...good work LPD
jhyphene (anonymous) says…
This guy sounds hot.
nudist (anonymous) says…
What a sicko.
Too tall to be Gallagher
puddleglum (anonymous) says…
aww man, someone always seems to find my hang out spots.
still looking for my zebra-coat
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Pywacket (anonymous) says…
Disgusting perv. Carry mace, folks, in case this creep appears again. A good shot of mace would give his (should keep 'em) privates just the tingle he's apparently looking for.
In other news..... Kind of surprised there's nothing here about the (at least) two wrecks that took place on Iowa today. One was a rear-ender (no naughty comments, Multi!) between 19th and 23rd, south-bound. Traffic was fairly heavy and a lot of people were doing stupid things--coming to a dead stop (no signal) and holding up traffic until they could change lanes, following too closely.... Wouldn't be surprised if the accident we saw combined 1 each of these idiots.
Second one, not much later, was at the NW corner of 31st and Iowa but it was hard to tell what happened. Looked like a very solid smack, and I couldn't tell who had been heading where. An ambulance was on site, but I don't know whether anyone was actually hurt.
I realize the paper can't comment on every fender bender, but it would be nice to see some brief report on more of the accidents that take place around town, especially those that were obviously more than light bumps. When you see them happen, or see the aftermath, you naturally wonder what happened and whether everyone involved was okay.
was_freashpowder2 (Alexander Neighbors) says…
Yea I took a picture of the dude it spooked him here is what I got
http://media.photobucket.com/image/re...
labmonkey (anonymous) says…
Chuckabee...maybe he has a skullet.
LawSW (anonymous) says…
I cannot believe i actually saw this underage girl's name in print on yahoo's news. This newspaper should be sued, what idiot reporter did this???
BigPrune (anonymous) says…
I've got a 6 pack under my fat, am I considered muscular?
gl0ck0wn3r (anonymous) says…
Terrible headline. Reading it, one is left with the impression the naked man was on the bicycle. Admittedly, this would be rather painful...
autie (anonymous) says…
For Lawrence, sounds like the description has it narrowed down to about 10,000 suspects. The guy probably only wanted directions to the nude beach at the river.
somedude20 (anonymous) says…
I just heard that they found a pic of the perp
http://img150.imageshack.us/i/oojoshu...
(I am kidding of course so NO lawsuits please)
RalphReed (Ralph Reed) says…
@BigPrune: I've got the same question. I know there's a six-pack there somewhere (maybe more than one).
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@LawSW: The only name I see is the police spokeswoman's. Did I miss something?
woodenfleaeater (anonymous) says…
Rob Reiner lives in Lawrence? Who knew?
jimmyjms (anonymous) says…
Mace? No. Rock-salt? Getting closer....
Made_in_China (Paul R. Getto) says…
"LawSW (Anonymous) says… I cannot believe i actually saw this underage girl's name in print on yahoo's news. This newspaper should be sued, what idiot reporter did this???" ======== I believe she's 'of age' at 17. We are willing in some states to try 12 year-olds for murder and to execute them. I don't think it's a good idea to print her name, but believe it's 'allowed.'
consumer1 (anonymous) says…
Can you imagine if you were the cop who had to arrest him???? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeee!!!
Don't point that thing at me... turn around, no wait, turn around, Iiiiiiiiiccccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkk. Face down on the ground, no , wait...... what a delimma
Irish (Leslie Swearingen) says…
I would like to ask the men on here if they know what goes though the mind of a man when he decides to do something like this.
Thank God he did not grab her.
I was thinking, what if women carried a can of Raid with them and sprayed it at the offender?
A man who would fit this description, (he was wearing clothes) got off the 7 bus at 23th and Iowa yesterday.
I stared at him because I thought he was someone I know, but he wasn't.
I could wish that posters had not saw fit to see this as an occasion to make bad jokes.
consumer1 (anonymous) says…
Irish, bad jokes are a way of dealing with the stress of a bad situation. Besides it is fun.
Q. Why did the naked man cross the road?