Neither driver was ticketed in a low-speed collision that seriously injured a scooter driver, according to the Lawrence Police Department accident report released this week. The crash happened shortly after 11 a.m. June 20 at the intersection of 21st and Tennessee streets, which is marked with four-way stop signs. Both vehicles had stopped — the scooter was eastbound on 21st and a pickup was northbound on ...
A judge found probable cause for a Lawrence man to stand trial in a sex crime case where he allegedly assaulted a woman at a pool party in rural Douglas County. Matthew C. Hart, 40, appeared in Douglas County District Court for a preliminary hearing that took place over the course of three days, according to the district attorney’s office. Following the final day of the hearing, June 17, Judge James McCabria ...
Two people in a stolen car were arrested after leading law enforcement on a chase that ended at the east edge of Lawrence Monday, authorities say. At one point the car reportedly was driving the wrong way on 23rd Street. The incident started about 11:10 a.m., when a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy tried to stop a red car with no license plate near 10th and Tennessee streets, Sgt. Kristen Channel of the ...
A scooter driver who collided with a pickup and ended up pinned under the truck remains in intensive care more than two weeks later, according to family. The crash happened shortly after 11 a.m. June 20 at 21st and Tennessee streets. Max Van Holt, 51, of Springfield, Mo., was in town visiting his brother, Lawrence resident Tom Van Holt, and had borrowed his scooter, Tom Van Holt said. Tom Van Holt told the ...
A man who was tried for rape in Lawrence and eventually pleaded to a far less severe nonsexual crime has violated his probation. The Douglas County District Attorney’s Office wants him sent to prison, but his attorney hopes he can stay out after showing proof he’s completed substance abuse treatment. Douglas County District Court Judge Amy Hanley is scheduled to decide Wednesday where Jared L. Wheeler, ...
Story updated: 4:45 p.m. Friday. Fireworks injured at least two people and also caused a dumpster fire over the Fourth of July holiday this year in Douglas County. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical responded to two fireworks-related injuries in the county, one of which was serious enough the patient was taken by ambulance to a hospital, Division Chief Tom Fagan said in an email. Fagan did not provide ...