THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009
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CRIME (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
Location: near 13th and Ohio streets
Time of report: 1:18 a.m.
Crimes reported: Criminal trespassing, disorderly conduct and possession of a fake driver's license
Victims: 21-year-old Lawrence man, an 18-year-old Lawrence woman and a 21-year-old Lawrence woman
Offender suspected of using alcohol.
A 21-year-old Lawrence man named Jason, who wishes to be identified by his first name
only, said he was preparing to go to bed in his upstairs bedroom when his girlfriend entered the
room and asked about the unfamiliar person who had just walked into the home.
"She had just woken up and asked, 'Who's your friend down-stairs in the bathroom?'" Jason said.
Jason's said his girlfriend immediately became concerned when he informed her he wasn't expecting any visitors. Jason
said his door was unlocked for a roommate who was about to return from work.
Jason said he entered a downstairs bathroom where he found an intoxicated college-aged man standing near the vomit-covered sink, toilet and walls. He said the man had even removed some clothing and appeared to be preparing to take a shower.
Jason said he then sat the man on a couch and tried to find out who the person was and why he was in his apartment.
"He was belligerent drunk, so it was hard to understand him," Jason said.
Jason's girlfriend called the police, who arrived at 1:23 a.m., while the man was still in the home. Police arrested the 18-year-old University student on suspicion of charges for criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct.
"The cop said to me. 'You'd be surprised how much this happens, it happens all the time,'" Jason said.
Jason said he had noticed quite a few alcohol-related crimes in his neighborhood, but they were mostly non-violent crimes to property such as broken beer bottles and other items.
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
Location: near the intersection of Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Road Time of report: 2:32 a.m. Crimes reported: Battery and possession of a fake driver's license Victims: 21-year-old male University student Offender suspected of using alcohol.
A University senior named Michael, who wished to be identified by his first name only, said he was walking
home by himself after a night of drinking at The Wheel when an unfamiliar college-aged man started giving him treats.
surface giving him trouble near the top of the hill by 14th Street and Jayhawk Boulevard.
Although Michael had been drinking that night, he said his memory of the event was pretty
clear. He remembers the man acting disagreeably and arguing with him as they walked, possibly demanding a piece of pizza Michael was eating.
"If I remember correctly, I think it might have started because of that piece of pizza," Michael said.
He said he tried to ignore the stranger, but the disagreement became physical in the area near the entrance to Watson Library.
"I just remember him showing me down to the ground and us struggling for a few seconds, and next thing I look up and see police lights," Michael said.
RCO police arrested a 20-year-old student on suspicion of charges of battery and possession of a fake driver's license.
Jason said he suffered only minor injuries during the incident, including a sore face, swollen elbow and minor scrapes.
SATURDAY,OCT.3
Graphic by Nick Gerik/KANSAN
The woman said she began yelling at the man, telling him to leave, but he refused. She said the man became aggressive, cursing at the her and insisting she was a friend of the person he was looking for.
A 40-year-old Lawrence woman, who wished to remain nameless, said she was sleeping
her bedroom when she was woken up by the sound of her front door slamming. She was immediately worried, the woman said, because she remembered front door was unlocked.
because she remembered her front door was unlocked.
The woman said she was finally able to get the man to leave her apartment, but he soon began banging on her door, screaming at her to let him back in. The woman immediately called police.
Police arrived at the apartment complex at 3:23 a.m. and arrested a 21-year-old University student on suspicion of charges of criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct.
Before she could leave the room to see about the sound, the woman said a college-aged man walked into her bedroom and stared at her for a few moments before entering a nearby bathroom.
Location: near 11th and Kentucky streets
Time of report: 3:22 a.m.
Crimes reported:
Criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct
Victim: 40-year-old Lawrence woman
Offender suspected of using alcohol, according to the victim.
"He was obviously intoxicated," she said. "Even the cops said so."
She said the man then began banging on other apartment doors, even trying their handles to see if any of them were also unlocked.
The woman said she had not noticed many crimes in her neighborhood in the past, but did see plenty of drunken people in the area, especially on weekends.
SATURDAY,OCT.3
Location: Facilities Operations Main Building, campa Time of report: 4:20 a.m. Crimes reported: Criminal damage and interference with police duties Offender suspected of using alcohol.
SATURDAY,OCT.3
SATURDAY, OCT. 3
ported: Attempted criminal trespass
Location: near 11th and Tennessee streets Time of report: 9:52 a.m. Crimes reported: Criminal threat, disorderly conduct Victim: 19-year-old Lawrence woman Offender suspected of using alcohol.
SUNDAY,OCT.4
Location: near 11th and Massachusetts Streets
Time of report:
2:24 a.m.
Crime reported:
Disorderly conduct
Victims: 31-year-old Lawrence woman and a
32-year-old Lawrence woman
Offender suspected of using alcohol.
weiser about 11 p.m. Sunday, put it in his car and went in for more.
After loading that into his gold Mercury or Crown Victoria, he took off.
The statement released Monday said the man then grabbed two more cases of each.
BEER (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
ODD NEWS
to drink will receive a commemorative Beer Fest sampling glass to fill with unlimited three-ounce beer samples from the more than 65 participating breweries that will attend the event.
John Bryan, director of artisan brands at Boulevard Brewing, Co., helped found the Kansas City Beer Fest four years ago. The first Beer Fest was held at the Crossroads in 2006 and drew fewer than 100 people. But in 2007, because of more extensive advertising, Beer Fest attendance increased to 2,000 people. This year, more than 4,000 are expected to attend.
Associated Press
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"This is the first large-scale festival that has been founded in Kansas City in about 15 years," Bellinger said. "It's really the closest beer fest that you can go to that has this amount of beer."
The Beer Fest is a fundraiser for the Kansas City Free Health Clinic and the AIDS Service Foundation of Greater Kansas City. Joe Bellinger, special event director at the Kansas City Free Health Clinic, said that after its founding in 1971, the clinic sponsored a small beer festival called "The Beer Bust" to raise money. This is the first time, he said, a festival of this size has been held in the Kansas City area.
Bryan said he thought the best thing about the Beer Fest was that it offered the opportunity for craft beer drinkers to try many different brews in one place.
"When I go to a festival, I never sit and repeatedly try a beer. You know, I'll come by and have a taste," he said. "It's like going to a liquor store and being able to sample everything that's in the store."
Edited by Tim Burgess
absence of hitching post WORLAND, Wyo. — A northwestern Wyoming man received a citation for letting his horse wander in Worland, but not before he complained to town law enforcement officials about the absence of a hitching post in front of the local saloon.
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