Lawrence crime
- Junction City man arrested on aggravated assault charge
- February 13, 2012
- A 26-year-old Junction City man was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after he brandished a handgun during a dispute at the Jayhawk Motel, 1004 N. Third St., shortly after 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The suspect is currently in custody at the Douglas County Jail.
- Aggravated battery arrest made after fight
- February 13, 2012
- A 20-year-old Lawrence man was arrested at 4:20 a.m. Sunday morning on suspicion of aggravated battery. Lawrence Police Sgt. Kirk Fultz said officers were called to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a 34-year-old man arrived with facial fractures and missing teeth. Fultz said the victim was waiting for a cab at a home in the 1600 block of Edgehill Road when a fight broke out. The suspect is currently in custody at the Douglas County Jail.
- Cold case awaits old DNA evidence test results
- February 12, 2012
- Two people whose lives were severely set off course by a sexual assault anxiously wait to see whether DNA evidence can finally provide answers.
Lawrence fires
- Early morning fire displaces residents in northern Lawrence
- 08:25 a.m., February 9, 2012 Updated 01:28 p.m.
- A chimney fire early Thursday damaged a house in northern Lawrence and has displaced two residents there, a Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical spokeswoman said.
- Fire damages house southwest of Baldwin City
- February 9, 2012
- Emergency crews were able to contain a house fire at 208 East 1600 Road, just southwest of Baldwin City, in about a half-hour, said Randy DeMersseman, chief of the Palmyra Township Fire Department.
- Early-morning fire destroys parks and recreation maintenance facility at 11th and Haskell
- February 6, 2012
- A Lawrence Parks and Recreation maintenance facility has been destroyed by an early-morning fire near 11th and Haskell.
Lawrence courts
- Lawrence city sidewalk ordinance ruled unconstitutional
- February 9, 2012
- A Lawrence Municipal Court judge has declared part of a city ordinance that makes it illegal to obstruct traffic on a sidewalk vague and unconstitutional. Judge Randy McGrath made the ruling Wednesday in a trial of Robert Gilmore, 54, who faced three misdemeanor counts of prohibited use of a right of way for incidents last year on Massachusetts Street.
- Douglas County prosecutors seek to keep sex offender in prison
- February 7, 2012
- Attorneys Tuesday argued in a bench trial over whether a 54-year-old Lawrence man convicted of a molesting a girl in the 1990s was likely to commit another sex offense if he’s released from prison.
- Prosecutors seek to keep man convicted of sex abuse in custody for more treatment
- February 6, 2012
- Douglas County prosecutors are asking a judge to order a 54-year-old Lawrence man convicted of sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl in the 1990s to remain in state custody for treatment.
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