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Crime, Fire, Courts

Lawrence crime

More than 3,000 lose power overnight; power mostly restored by Friday morning
08:55 a.m., May 24, 2013 Updated 12:35 p.m.
More than 3,000 Douglas County Wester Energy customers lost power around 2:30 a.m. Friday after a vehicle struck a utility pole, according to Westar Energy spokeswoman Erin La Row. By Shaun Hittle
Two men face charges in Sunday morning shooting
May 22, 2013
Two Topeka men arrested Monday are facing charges in connection with a shooting in Lawrence early Sunday morning that left two other men in critical condition. No updates on the gunshot victims’ conditions have been available since Monday, when one was reported to be in critical, but stable, condition. But on Wednesday, Douglas County prosecutors said the men remained hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Ian Cummings
Gomez child abuse sentencing set for June; judge denies motion to reduce sentence
May 21, 2013
After a series of delays, the sentencing of an Illinois man convicted of tying up two of his children last June in the parking lot of a Lawrence Walmart has been scheduled for June 19. On Tuesday, a judge denied a motion by the defense aimed at reducing the sentence in the case, upholding a plea agreement reached in December. Ian Cummings

Lawrence fires

Trailers catch fire in North Lawrence
April 6, 2013
Fire crews and police responded to a structure fire in North Lawrence around 6 p.m. Saturday in a lot behind the Slow Ride Roadhouse, 350 N. Third St. Crews arrived to find thick, black smoke and 15-foot flames shooting from an empty trailer home.
House fire causes traffic detour near 27th and Louisiana
March 29, 2013
Fire crews and police responded to a fire about 10:30 a.m. Friday in the 500 block of Park Hill Terrace, just north of Broken Arrow School.
No injuries reported in Connecticut Street fire
10:21 a.m., March 29, 2013 Updated 02:26 p.m.
Fire crews and police responded to a fire about 8:30 a.m. Friday at a house in the 1200 block of Connecticut Street, where smoke was seen pouring out of windows on the second and third floors.

Lawrence courts

Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals
May 23, 2013
After five years of trying, President Barack Obama has placed his first nominee on a key appeals court.
Lawrence High grad Srinivasan nears confimation to federal appeals court in D.C.
May 16, 2013
Lawrence High School graduate Sri Srinivasan won unanimous approval Thursday from the Senate Judiciary Committee to serve on the powerful federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. By Scott Rothschild
Court won’t shorten sentence of felon in KU tickets case
April 12, 2013
A federal judge refused Friday to shorten the sentence of a former Kansas University athletics consultant caught up in a $2 million ticket scalping conspiracy, rejecting defense claims that Thomas Blubaugh’s former attorney did a poor job representing him.