Police arrest man for burglary, also involved in Eudora car chase

Police arrested a 30-year-old Lawrence man Saturday afternoon on charges of aggravated burglary and theft.

Lawrence Police Sgt. Kirk Fultz said the man was arrested at about 1 p.m. after police found the man’s unoccupied car, which had also been involved in a police car chase in Eudora early Saturday morning.

In the car police found a cell phone that had been stolen earlier from a residence on Brink Court, Fultz said. Discovery of a weapon in the car lead to an additional charge of criminal use of a weapon because the man is a registered offender in Kansas, Fultz said.

The suspect was arrested at his residence and booked into the Douglas County Jail. Bond was set at $10,000.

The police car chase occurred Saturday around 12:30 a.m. in Eudora, but officers lost sight of the man’s car and the pursuit ended.