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Police investigating report of armed robbery at west Lawrence sandwich shop

Police investigate an armed robbery at Mr. Goodcents, 1410 Kasold Drive, on Tuesday afternoon. The only people in the shop were two employees, and no one was hurt.

By Janet Reid

June 9, 2009, 4:36 p.m. Updated June 9, 2009, 4:55 p.m.

Police seek suspect in reported armed robbery

Lawrence police are searching for a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery at a west Lawrence sandwich shop. Enlarge video

Lawrence police are searching for a suspect who robbed a local sandwich shop at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon.

Police were called to Mr. Goodcents, 1410 Kasold Drive, just before 4 p.m. Lawrence police Captain Ray Urbanek said a black male, about 6 feet tall with a thin build, walked into the store, demanded cash from two employees and ran out.

Witnesses told police that the man, who was wearing a red hoodie and a black skull cap, was carrying some sort of long gun.

Urbanek said there were no customers in the store at the time of the robbery. Neither of the two employees was injured.

The incident left people who work in the busy strip mall a little uneasy. “It’s just amazing that it would happen in the middle of the afternoon, in broad daylight,” Michael Stuart, owner of Stuart Chiropractic, said.

His business faces the Mr. Goodcents store, although an employee working the front desk said she didn’t notice anything unusual until a police car pulled up.

Employees at Fine Design, directly next door to where the robbery occurred, said they didn’t realize anything had happened until they saw the yellow police tape hanging outside the sandwich shop’s front window.

Late Tuesday afternoon, Lawrence police detectives wearing protective booties on their feet were taking photographs both inside and outside the shop. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Department K-9 unit was also brought in, but Urbanek said the rain may have made it difficult for the dog to detect anything.

Urbanek said a witness saw a black man running to get into a car about the time the robbery occurred. The vehicle is described as a small black four-door car with dark tinted windows.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers hot line at 843-TIPS (8477).

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50YearResident 3 years, 11 months ago

West side of town, Topeka?

toe 3 years, 11 months ago

I have been wondering if police efforts have been insufficient of late. It seems we are experiencing more crime, but I see few police on the road. Is the force being used properly. Are there too many hours logged in the office instead of the street? Just wondering.

zettapixel 3 years, 11 months ago

WTF is going on in this town?

Gootsie 3 years, 11 months ago

I wonder if they got away with a lot of dough.

sandrat 3 years, 11 months ago

http://instantrimshot.com/

rousseau108 3 years, 11 months ago

Toe, the police department is severely understaffed and has far fewer officers per capita than similar cities. But no matter how many cops there are, they can't be everywhere at once and there will always be crime. Until we develop the precogs from Minority Report.

applejuice 3 years, 11 months ago

That is why I wasn't able to get my dinner.

Quigly 3 years, 11 months ago

You are kidding me?? WTF indeed. Oh and Gootsie.... NICE ONE. That's good. you make me laugh

gsxr600 3 years, 11 months ago

Any description of the suspect? That might help a little.

introversion 3 years, 11 months ago

Yeah, the description is that theyre from topeka.

somebodynew 3 years, 11 months ago

Tom, your rights might be respected, but on this board, you probably won't be.

fu7il3 3 years, 11 months ago

"toe (Anonymous) says…

My guess it that crime increases when the economy's health decreases. Yet, at the same government's budgets decrease, which means fewer police. So, you have more incentive for crime and fewer people to stop it.

compmd 3 years, 11 months ago

Tom,

I came so close to spitting up soda all over my laptop with your 6:46pm post. I imagined a thug running away from the shop with a gun and a giant tube of salami. Thank you.

JayCat_67 3 years, 11 months ago

Don't know Gootsie, but what a way to bring home the bacon.

JonBoy 3 years, 11 months ago

"I'll have the Penny, the Nickel, the Dime, and the Quarter!!!"

Alexander Neighbors 3 years, 11 months ago

now people are robbing for food....

Lawrence police are investigating an apparent armed robbery at Mr. Goodcents

apparent............? did it happen or is this apparently apparent ?

rdave13 3 years, 11 months ago

Yea...it's all funny ...especailly for the people working at the time a total loser walks in with a gun...points it at your their head and steals .....what? $100 max in change?

Let's be real funny and put the person on America's Got Talent...it seems this bs is our biggest export right now,

bearded_gnome 3 years, 11 months ago

several months ago Mr.G stopped doing pistrami sandwiches, so they lost my business.

anybody recommend a good sandwich shop for tasty pistrami?

Miracles 3 years, 11 months ago

There are several open positions at LPD. The perps seem to be getting bolder by the day as these broad daylight robberies are becoming more common.

West Lawrence has a lot more retail than it used to. It's a pretty east shot for perps from Topeka to hit a place and get out of town.

password 3 years, 11 months ago

miracles - can't blame it all on topeka, there seems to be a breeding of perps going on in lawrence too. criminals come from everywhere.

Pywacket 3 years, 11 months ago

Gnome~ I'd be indignant, too, if he stopped serving pastrami, but pistrami? I hope urine luck finding another source, but I think I'll pass on the stuff, myself. ;-)

Marion, you get more feeble by the day. You're just like a poor wandering dog who gets hit and dragged by a car, then rescued by a Good Samaritan. You are spurting blood everywhere, bones are sticking through skin, and you viciously snap at the person who is trying to stop the bleeding and get you some veterinary attention. Poor doggie--it just doesn't know any better than to attack the people who are trying to make it better.

Once the arterial bleeding from 8 years' worth of Dumbya catastrophes has slowed a little and some of the wounds cleaned and bandaged, we will see progress. For now, crime rates are rising at the same time that municipal budgets are being slashed. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a bad mix of circumstances.

daddax98 3 years, 11 months ago

Anonymous

ArumerZwarteHoop (Anonymous) says…

description of the robber? That would be helpful, or would it be considered politicaly incorrect to to tell people what they already know?

ok i'll bite...what do we already know?

daddax98 3 years, 11 months ago

"free state has a good reuben."

yeah and not a lot of: "african american / subsaharan african / negroe / black, what ever the proper term is these days"

safer for all

shadowbox66044 3 years, 11 months ago

Where's Robocop when you need him.

bearded_gnome 3 years, 11 months ago

Oh, Py, tell me you've never typed too fast? yes, pastrami, thank you.

I'll have to try the Jason's. what have had from them did not include pastrami, and I wasn't too impressed with what I had.

Dad, usually its best to ignore Arumer.

indeed, some description would be nice! I'm still on the lookout for "suspects" looking people from the crime in south park last weekend!

Blunt 3 years, 11 months ago

Gnome, off to the blackboard for you. I want you to write pAstrami 1000 times. Then you apologize to Little Marion sitting in the back corner for causing him grief.

Then i will make him do the same with plstrami (not pi as you spelled it). Sic? Absolutely...