Lawrence man faces federal drug charge

Crime-related news this morning: ¢ A Lawrence man has been charged in federal court with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, U.S. Atty. Eric Melgren announced.Maynard T. Yates, 47, was indicted by a grand jury in U.S. District Court for possessing about 49 grams of cocaine Feb. 1 in Douglas County.He faces a minimum of 10 years in prison if convicted. The case was investigated by the U.S. Marshal Service’s “Fugitive Apprehension Task Force” and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.¢ Lawrence Police are investigating a report that the same unidentified man exposed himself two mornings in a row to a 23-year-old employee in a drive-through on south Iowa Street. The incidents happened Aug. 3 and 4, both between 7:45 and 8 a.m. Police would not identify the business out of concern for the victim’s privacy.¢ A foot chase Thursday afternoon ended when Lawrence Police caught a suspected shoplifter hiding under a plastic kids’ swimming pool. Officers were called late Thursday morning to a theft at Sears, 2727 Iowa. They eventually found the suspect, 32-year-old Joey Ray Cadenhead of Lawrence, in a secluded area between the 2500 and 2700 blocks of West 26th Street with a swimming pool pulled over himself.-contributed by Eric Weslander.