Lawrence man gets probation in explosives case

A 20-year-old Lawrence man was sentenced Tuesday to two years’ probation for attempted criminal use of explosives stemming from a July incident in Lawrence.

Dakota Jackson Kunkle was arrested on July 7 after officers were sent to an apartment in the 700 block of West 25th Street. Police said officers later determined residents there had been making homemade explosives involving fireworks ignition powder.

Kunkle had originally been charged with two counts of criminal use of an explosive.

Another man, Adam B. Dale, 20, of Lawrence, had also been arrested and charged in the case, but those charges were dropped.