A man at the Lawrence Laundromat at 711 W. 23rd St. had a scare last night when he thought someone may have attempted to rob him using a gun.

Lawrence police responded to the laundromat after a man reported he’d been the victim of an attempted armed robbery. There was a language barrier between the man and officers, so police spoke with him via a translator.

The man said he went to the Tryyaki Asian restaurant to call police after an incident at the laundromat. The victim said he had called because he had seen a person inside the laundromat with a handgun and “acting strangely,” Lawrence police spokesman Sgt. Trent McKinley said.

The allegedly armed person — gun visible in waistband — had been asking people if they needed help with their laundry, the man claimed.

Officers investigated the report and ended up finding the armed individual, McKinley said. Officers determined the gun was actually an AirSoft pistol rather than a firearm.

Since no one was injured or threatened — and both concealed and open carry are legal in Kansas — officers did not make an arrest.
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Wednesday, 12:48 p.m.

A man and woman were in an apartment bedroom when they allegedly heard the apartment’s front door open.

Soon after, the man’s ex-girlfriend allegedly burst into the bedroom and confronted the woman. The ex-girlfriend then struck the woman twice in the face before the man was able to push the intruder out the front door.

They called police, who issued the ex-girlfriend a notice to appear in court on suspicion of battery and criminal trespass. She was released at the scene and did not have to be booked into the jail.
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Sunday, 4 p.m.

A 44-year-old Lawrence man who was wanted on three misdemeanor warrants led police on a brief pursuit after an officer on patrol spotted him walking in the breezeway of 1601 W. 23rd St., according to Lawrence police spokeswoman Kim Murphree.

The officer, who was on foot, recognized the man from the warrants and attempted to stop him. But as he spoke with the man, the man quickly pedaled away on a bicycle.

The officer ordered the man to stop, but the man allegedly kept riding. Nearby officers spotted the man shortly after as he rode the bicycle into the Dillons grocery store parking lot at 1015 W. 23rd St.

There, the officers arrested the man, apparently without further incident. He was booked into the Douglas County Jail.