A man police say they found walking along Maine Street covered in blood now faces criminal charges.

Shortly before 11:30 p.m. Friday officers were dispatched to the 300 block of Maine Street for a report of a disturbance, said Lawrence Police Sgt. Amy Rhoads. There they found 24-year-old Braxton Vardys, walking and bloodied.

When police tried to make contact with Vardys, he ran south, Rhoads said. Shortly afterward he was stopped again in the same block.

As police attempted to hold Vardys he resisted and battered an officer, Rhoads said. Eventually he was arrested.

After investigating, officers learned Vardys had been a part of an argument earlier in the evening where there was a fight and property was broken, Rhoads said.

Vardys was treated for his injuries and taken to the Douglas County Jail on suspicion of battery on a law enforcement officer, obstruction of the legal process, criminal damage to property and domestic battery, Rhoads said.

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