Lawrence man given 6-month probation term for altercation at KU’s Summerfield Hall

A Douglas County judge Friday ordered a 49-year-old Lawrence man to serve six months on probation for a June altercation on the Kansas University campus with two KU police officers.

District Judge Sally Pokorny ordered Troy John Frank to serve six months in jail if he’s found to violate terms of his probation.

Frank pleaded no contest to two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer in August.

Douglas County prosecutors accused Frank on June 27 for refusing to leave Summerfield Hall, KU’s School of Business.

During the altercation, the officers eventually used pepper spray to subdue Frank, and one of the officers suffered a minor injury from the pepper spray.