Lawrence police on Tuesday evening arrested a 28-year-old Lawrence man on several charges after he ran from officers in east Lawrence.
Sgt. Matt Sarna, a police spokesman, said that at 5:30 p.m., an officer noticed the suspect, Anthony J. Belles, who had several warrants out for his arrest, in a vehicle near Eighth and New Hampshire streets. After a vehicle stop, the man ran away on foot, and police officers and a sheriff’s deputy pursued him.
Sarna said the suspect threw a brick at a patrol car in the 800 block of New York Street and then ran inside A-1 Automotive, 837 Pa., and took a transmission disc. Officers caught up with Belles and took him into custody near Ninth and Delaware streets, and took him to the Douglas County Jail.
Douglas County prosecutors filed two counts of aggravated assault, one count of criminal damage to property and one count of obstruction against Belles.
According to jail records, Belles had outstanding warrants for his arrest in Lawrence Municipal Court and district courts in Douglas and Johnson counties.
Comments
somebodynew 1 year, 6 months ago
Ask not who the 'belles' toll for: they toll for thee.....
And hopefull the "toll" will be really high this time.
someguy 1 year, 6 months ago
If he really wanted to run and not get caught he should have tried Memorial Stadium on a Saturday afternoon.
gl0ck0wn3r 1 year, 6 months ago
Ftw
cheeseburger 1 year, 6 months ago
What a fine, upstanding citizen. Can't wait for a cuz to get on here and tell us what a wonderful person Anthony is and how society hasn't given him a chance.
May as well tack on a theft charge for stealing the transmission disc from A-1.
People like this are why there should be a progressive penalty, such as three strikes, for career idiots, er criminals, such as this loser.
snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year, 6 months ago
Transmission disc? Was he planning to get all Xena on the police who were chasing him?
TopJayhawk 1 year, 6 months ago
He's just taking it "one piece at a time."
Next week, the throw -out bearing.
Joe Hyde 1 year, 6 months ago
The worst part of this was throwing the brick. That thing flies through a rolled-down driver's side window and makes a side impact head strike, you have a dead or severely disabled patrolman.
consumer1 1 year, 6 months ago
Hey c'mon now! We all need to have some career goals. He is just refining his career path as a crminal. What would we do without criminals? Who would we arrest???
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