It’s been a couple days since we’ve had some crime blotter items in Lights & Sirens, so, without further ado, let’s get you caught up on some of the police reports in Lawrence lately.
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Wednesday, 11:56 a.m.

Lawrence police saw “five or six” people run toward a room at the College Motel at 1711 W. Sixth St., Lawrence police spokesman Sgt. Trent McKinley said. When they got to the room, the people were allegedly kicking the front door and hollering “threatening statements” to the folks inside the room.

As the police approached, the suspects ran away, but officers soon found individuals from the incident inside two vehicles nearby. Officers later determined the group had gone to the motel room to confront a woman staying there after having a “prior altercation” with her.

Four of the suspects were then arrested on suspicion of charges including criminal threat, criminal damage, interference with law enforcement and outstanding warrants.

Police also seized illicit drugs and a firearm during the investigation, McKinley said.
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Wednesday, 1:13 a.m.

A 20-year-old man reported that he was walking near the intersection of Ninth and Kentucky streets while talking on his cellphone. He quickly put the phone away when a group of three teenage boys approached him.

One of the boys allegedly shoved the victim, telling him to hand over his cellphone. The victim refused, he told officers, and instead said “I’m not interested” and walked away, McKinley said.

The victim said that the boys followed after him, so he began to run toward Massachusetts Street. The teens allegedly chased after him for a while, but they could not catch up.

Police were informed of the situation and couldn’t immediately find the teens, but noted that the description of one of the boys matched that of a teen recently reported as a runaway. Officers were eventually able to identify the runaway’s friends and found the group at one of the teen’s homes.

The officers then took them to the Douglas County juvenile detention center. The victim was not injured in the incident.
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Thursday, 1:15 a.m.

An allegedly drunken man reportedly decided to intervene in an argument between a man and woman who have a domestic relationship at a Lawrence apartment.

In an apparent attempt to come to the woman’s aid, the intoxicated man allegedly attacked the male victim by “head-butting” him, McKinley said. The two then wrestled for a bit and the drunk man allegedly pulled the male victim’s hair and bit him before leaving the apartment.

Police were called, and officer found the suspect at another location and interviewed him. He was then arrested on suspicion of domestic battery and two outstanding warrants, McKinley said.

The men received minor injuries in the tussle.
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Thursday, 1:24 a.m.

A Lawrence woman woke up to a loud noise in the living room of her home in the 1100 block of Tennessee Street. When she went to investigate, she found quite the mess.

Someone had apparently thrown a chair from her porch through a storm window to her home. The chair was found lying among shards of glass near the window.

She called police, but no suspect was found. A damage estimate was not available.
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Wednesday, 8:15 p.m.

The Jimmy John’s restaurant staff in the 900 block of Massachusetts called police after a man believed to be intoxicated was allegedly belligerent inside the store and stole from them.

McKinley said the man allegedly went to the restaurant that evening and “was asking the clerk about a ‘free food item.'” He apparently grew frustrated when the sandwich shop employees declined to give him anything for free, so he allegedly grabbed “bread and other items” and left the store.

Police found the man nearby and issued him a notice to appear in court on suspicion of theft, McKinley said.
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And now for our regular 911 call roundup. As always, I’ll remind you that this is a list of noteworthy calls I pulled from the Lawrence Police Department call log. Not all calls yielded police reports, and many may have gone unsubstantiated. The list is meant to give you an idea of what kinds of calls police are responding to within a given time period.

This list is a collection of calls that police responded to between Wednesday and Thursday mornings:

Violence

• Disturbance (verbal or physical arguments): 4

• Disturbance with weapons: 1

• Domestic disturbance: 4

• Domestic disturbance with weapons: 1

• Domestic battery: 1

• Battery: 2

• Criminal threat: 1

Traffic

• Noninjury accident: 9

• Road rage: 1

Medical

• Medical: 5

• Suicide threat: 2

• Suicide attempt: 2

Miscellaneous

• Suspicious activity: 6

• Noise or Nuisance: 8

• Vicious animal: 2

• Shots fired: 1

Welfare

• Adult welfare check: 5

Substance concerns

• Alcohol poisoning: 2

• Bar check: 1

Property crimes

• Auto burglary: 1

• Stolen vehicle: 3

• Theft: 8

• Criminal damage: 2

• Trespassing: 9