OTTAWA — Two men are in the Franklin County jail in connection with a home invasion robbery Monday evening. Police were dispatched to a disturbance involving weapons in the 900 block of East 8th Street at about 7 p.m., said assistant police chief Adam Weingartner. Officers were told two men entered the home, threatened two women with handguns, then fled in a vehicle. Officers saw a vehicle matching the description at a distance near Lincoln Street as it traveled east on East 15th Street, leaving the city limits, he said. The vehicle was located after it drove into a farm field in the 2500 block Montana Road after the driver lost control of it on gravel went off the road. Two men left the vehicle; one fled on foot into an open field. Jacob Kennedy, 27, Ottawa; was arrested at the vehicle. He was armed with a handgun, Weingartner said. A canine with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office located Donivan Perryman, 32, Lawrence; hiding in a nearby field, Weingartner said . A second handgun and undisclosed evidence was recovered in a field nearby. Kennedy and Perryman were booked for suspicion of aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, battery, theft, and interference with a law Enforcement officer. Perryman was also booked for two outstanding Douglas County warrants for failure to appear in court. Both are being held in jail, pending formal charges. Anyone with information is asked to call the Ottawa Police Department at 785-242-2561 and ask to speak to a detective.
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2 p.m.
