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Who's responsible for cleaning up the creek area that runs underneath the road at the corner of West 22nd Street and Hartford Avenue? I noticed there was a refrigerator crate and By George Diepenbrock other trash in there. gdiepenbrock@ljworld.com
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According to Megan Gilliland, communications manager for the city, the city is responsible for cleanup of areas that are considered public right of way. Private land would need to be cleaned up by the owner. Without knowing for sure if the area is public or private, Gilliland recommends complaints such as this be lodged with the stormwater engineering division, 832-3123. Matt Bond, stormwater engineer, will review this area to determine whether it is a public or private issue.
A judge on Friday ordered a 40-year-old Lawrence man to serve four months in jail and pay a $1,500 fine for a conviction of his third DUI and child endangerment for a September accident that injured his son in southeastern Lawrence. District Judge Paula Martin also ordered Juan Velasco to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and get a sponsor as part of several conditions of his two-year probation term once he gets out of jail July 29. Velasco had pleaded guilty in February to his third DUI, which is a felony, and child endangerment. Police said that on Sept. 25 Velasco’s son CALL SOUND OFF fell out of the bed of his pickup truck while trying to hold If you have a question for on to a basketball goal in the Sound Off, call 832-7297. 1900 block of East 30th Street and that Velasco’s estimated blood-alcohol content after the accident was more than 2.5 times the legal driving limit of 0.08. His sentencing was delayed for two weeks after he showed up to court March 18 and blew a 0.16. “I apologize for what happened, and I’m going to have By Joe Preiner to live with that from the day Read more responses and add it happened to the rest of my your thoughts at LJWorld.com life,” Velasco said. “I want them to be part of our lives.” What do you think is the Martin had remanded most exciting play in Velasco to jail after he was sports? intoxicated in court March 18 but had allowed him to be released during weekdays for Asked on Massachusetts Street work to make money to pay child support. Martin said jail officials had reported no
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problems with Velasco in the last two weeks and allowed the workrelease to continue as part of his new four- Velasco month sentence. If his probation is ever revoked, Velasco could serve one year in jail. The accident occurred when the family was moving and Velasco’s pickup truck hit a bump in the street. The boy was trying to hold onto a portable basketball goal in the truck bed, but when the truck hit the bump he and the goal fell out into the street. The boy was eventually taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., where he stayed for more than one week for treatment, including for burns from falling into the street. A 16year-old stepson was also in the back of the truck but was not injured. Lee Ann Crawford, the boy’s grandmother who is his legal guardian, was not at Friday’s hearing, but she spoke in court two weeks ago and said Velasco had not respected the law in the past after being convicted twice of DUI. She said the family moved to Lawrence last summer for her job and that Velasco and his current wife were living with her and the children at the time of the accident. Crawford said she was not aware at the time Velasco
drank heavily and that the boys got into the back of his truck that day. “Even after the incident, Mr. Velasco continued to drink,” Crawford said in court on March 18. By court order, Velasco is currently not allowed to have contact with the boys, but he said he hoped to gain some visitation rights later this year. “I’m going to stop (drinking). I’m going to get all the help that I can,” Velasco told Martin. Attorneys have scheduled a restitution hearing later this summer to discuss Velasco’s responsibility for paying medical bills in the case.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT • Two Lawrence men were arrested Thursday evening as suspects in a burglary of an unoccupied building near Teepee Junction north of Lawrence, said Sgt. Steve Lewis, a Douglas County Sheriff’s office spokesman. Lewis said a Lawrence police officer stopped the men, Jose Carlos Miranda, 45, and Joseph Vincent Palamara, 48, after the men were suspected of taking scrap metal from a former business in the area. Douglas County prosecutors Friday filed felony burglary and theft charges against Miranda and Palamara. Miranda also has a hold from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to jail records. • A 36-year-old Lawrence man who was arrested Thursday evening on DUI charges and suspected of being involved in two separate accidents downtown was released Friday on $850 bond. He was given notice to appear in district court at 3 p.m. April 13, but prosecutors had not yet filed official charges against him Friday. • Prosecutors Friday charged Madison Taylor Halverstadt, 21, with misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor battery of a law enforcement officer after she
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The woman alleged Gangel had touched her while they were inside a car and that later in a local apartment she awoke to him molesting her, McGowan said in court Friday. Defense attorney Tom Bath told District Judge Peggy Kittel that as part of the plea agreement the two sides will ask the judge to sentence Gangel to serve two years on probation with 30 days in jail as “shock time.” He would also be required to complete a sex offender evaluation and follow all recommendations, but prosecutors will not ask the court to require him to register as a sex offender, Bath said. Kittel is scheduled to sentence Gangel on June 14.
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was arrested Thursday afternoon accused of fighting with a friend during an argument while they were drinking in the 400 block of North Crest Court. The friend had to be taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment of nonlife-threatening injuries, and Halverstadt is also accused of spitting in a police officer’s face. • A 52-year-old Lawrence man, Bruce Lamarr Chenault, was given notice to appear in Lawrence Municipal Court April 12 after he was arrested Thursday afternoon on misdemeanor battery charges for punching another man in the face. Alcohol was suspected of being involved, and the victim was taken to LMH for treatment of minor injuries, police said. • A 21-year-old male Kansas University student reported to Lawrence police March 24 that someone had stolen $2,500 worth of DVDs and video games in a burglary at his apartment in the 2000 block of West Sixth Street. The alleged burglary occurred between March 21 and 1 a.m. March 24. • A 73-year-old Lawrence man reported someone had stolen a $1,200 landscaping trailer from the 600 block of Gateway Court sometime between 4 p.m. March 29 and 1 p.m. March 30.
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Man pleads no contest in sexual assault case A Douglas County judge Friday convicted a 27-year-old former Lawrence man of aggravated battery in connection with a May 2010 incident in which a woman claimed she was sexually assaulted after a night of drinking. Kellen T. Gangel, 27, pleaded no contest Friday morning to aggravated battery as part of a plea agreement, which allows him to avoid going to trial on a rape charge. Amy McGowan, a chief assistant district attorney, said prosecutors planned to present evidence at trial that Gangel and the woman were out drinking May 19, 2010, in Lawrence with a group of friends.
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