Eudora police last week recovered about $1,600 worth of items that were reported stolen from the Lawrence Antique Mall one day earlier.
Sgt. Matt Sarna, a Lawrence police spokesman, said the items were recovered Thursday when a Eudora officer stopped a vehicle. Several items, including a ceramic vase valued at $165 and a set of various crystal figurines valued at $590, were reported stolen Thursday by an employee of the antique mall, 830 Mass.
Sarna said the two suspects are a 36-year-old transient man and a 32-year-old Lawrence man.
Sgt. Tom Willis, Eudora police spokesman, said one person was arrested.
Officers forwarded information in the investigation to the Douglas County district attorney’s office for review about filing formal charges.
Comments
eotw33 2 years ago
so the homeless guy goes free until he commits another crime? Genius!
greenworld 2 years ago
The men were not arrested, but officers forwarded information in the investigation to the Douglas County district attorney’s office for review about filing formal charges.
How is this?? They were travelling with stolen items. Last time I checked if your travelling with stolen items especially at those amounts it becomes a crime, doesnt it?? Better yet set them free so they can go home. lol What a joke. All business and homes hide your jewellery tonight. OMG!!
Bushloather1 2 years ago
It would cost more than the crime to house them in jail. Small timers don't have bail money sometimes, surprise!
grammaddy 2 years ago
How does this happen?You get busted with a car full of stolen property, yet no one is arrested.
cheeseburger 2 years ago
Kinda surprising, but our wimpy DA won't do anything with it once it reaches his office anyway!
vertigo 2 years ago
The headline is confusing. "Items" and "stolen" need to be swapped for it to read correctly. So it should be: "Eudora police recover items stolen from Lawrence Antique Mall"
The way it reads now it implies the items were found at the Lawrence Antique Mall, not that they were stolen from the mall.
TheSychophant 2 years ago
I thought the same thing. Figured I would be reading a article about a dealer selling stolen property.
pizzapete 2 years ago
Yea, that's how I read it, too.
wmathews 2 years ago
Thanks, Jesse. I fixed the error.
PitBullGrandma 2 years ago
Journalism at is finest, as always.
cheeseburger 2 years ago
Dolph would be money ahead to (1) terminate the esteemed online editors and instead offer a $5 bounty to the readership who already identifies most of the errors, and (2) employ the use of annual evaluations to determine the worth (or lack thereof) of their employees.
jd 2 years ago
If it was the Yellow House on wheels, they would have been busted!
oneeye_wilbur 2 years ago
How is one transient with wheels? Is the transient man considered to be one of Loring Henderson's fold?
greenworld 2 years ago
Eric Knackstedt is charged in Douglas County District Court with resisting arrest, criminal damage to property, driving on a suspended license and without insurance, theft, possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia and transporting an open container after Eudora police chased the man both in his vehicle and on foot.
So I guess the DA finally decided to press charges. Why was the car chase not in the original article?? So either LJW didnt have all the facts or the police didnt provide them up front for some reason.
Kontum1972 2 years ago
clever...!
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