¢ A 24-year-old Lawrence man is looking for his dog, but he says it’s not lost. The man reported the one-year-old brindle pitbull was stolen out of his fenced-in backyard in the 1300 block of Summit, either late Monday night or early Tuesday morning. The victim said the 45-pound pitbull is valued at $400. He told police the dog could not have gotten out of the yard on its own. ¢ Police arrested a 22-year-old Topeka man on aggravated battery charges in connection with an attack on an 18-year-old woman outside the East Lawrence Recreation Center.Officers were called to Lawrence Memorial Hospital Sunday afternoon where the victim was being treated for her injuries. The teen told police she was standing outside the rec center in the 1200 block of East 15th Street just before 6:45 p.m. Sunday, when the suspect approached her and a group of friends. The women had been attending a baby shower. Police said the suspect struck the victim in the face, sending her to the hospital. Police arrested the suspect the following day after recognizing him during a traffic stop at 14th and Massachusetts streets. ¢ Lawrence police arrested a 31-year-old Haskell Indian Nations University student accused of beating his girlfriend then pouring lighter fluid throughout her home. The suspect was booked into the Douglas County Jail early Monday morning on domestic battery and aggravated arson charges.Officers were called to the 19-year-old victim’s apartment in the 1100 block of Connecticut around 10 p.m. Sunday. Lawrence police said the woman had been beaten by her boyfriend, and the suspect then spread lighter fluid around the house, threatening to set it on fire.- Contributed by Janet Reid.