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Top five crime and safety stories of 2008
We're counting down the top five stories on various topics today as part of an annual recap of the top stories of the year we'll do later this month. Join the conversation by letting us know what we missed or what stories you think are important by posting a comment, below.5. A string of sexual assaults over the past four years are linked
After a reported sexual assault of a woman in her southwestern Lawrence apartment at the end of Thanksgiving break, police warned that the assaults could be linked to several others reported in the area since 2004. 4. A February high-speed chase and another in December end peacefully
Edward James Wise was apprehended with a Taser in downtown Lawrence in February after a two-county high-speed chase, and in December, burglary suspect Barbara Jo Schnegelsiepen was arrested after a chase on U.S. Highway 40 west of Lawrence after she was accused of striking a Lawrence police officer with a car. 3. Two men killed in East Lawrence shooting
Kellam Jones, 17, is the only survivor of an early morning double homicide after a botched robbery in June on Delaware Street that killed Baker University student Roland Klundt, 20. Klundt had shot and killed Jones' accomplice, Gage Hauk, 18. Jones eventually pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.2. Sheriff's lieutenant killed in bicycle accident
David Dillon, a 44-year-old Douglas County sheriff’s lieutenant, was killed on his bicycle by a driver who was distracted by electronics.1. KU student murdered
Kansas University student Jana Lynn Mackey was killed in July, and police said her killer, Adolfo Garcia Nunez, committed suicide in New Jersey. The events led Mackey's parents and friends to start a service movement in her honor.
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- Blog: Tasering Your Preteen: Can You Imagine? November 24, 2009 · 20 comments
- On the street: Are you more concerned about your personal safety during the holiday season? November 24, 2009 · 47 comments
- Former colleagues come to KU coach Mangino’s defense November 24, 2009 · 30 comments
- School district may have to tap contingency fund November 24, 2009 · 22 comments
- $260 million in state budget cuts will lead to state employee furloughs, less funding for highway maintenance, schools November 23, 2009 · 54 comments
- Hawaii site tracks climate change November 24, 2009 · 10 comments
- AD should go November 24, 2009 · 34 comments
- Blog: Leader Of The Pack November 23, 2009 · 3 comments
- Blog: Sweet Home Lawrence November 24, 2009 · 15 comments
- Man arrested on battery, disorderly conduct charges after incident at Perkins Restaurant November 24, 2009 · 34 comments
- Former colleagues come to KU coach Mangino’s defense November 24, 2009
- $260 million in state budget cuts will lead to state employee furloughs, less funding for highway maintenance, schools November 23, 2009
- Former coach Fambrough still spirited November 24, 2009
- Statehouse Live: Don't give the gift of gambling to kids November 24, 2009
- Lawrence native a Rhodes Scholar November 23, 2009
- Man arrested on battery, disorderly conduct charges after incident at Perkins Restaurant November 24, 2009
- Sebelius outlines benefits of health reform for Kansans November 23, 2009
- Police encourage Lawrence residents to focus on safety during holidays November 23, 2009
- Self proves point by elevating Morningstar in practice November 24, 2009
- AD should go November 24, 2009
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smitty (Anonymous) says…
Several charges dropped against the Yellow House, the largest fencing ooperation in the history of Lawrence according the the LPD.
30 December 2008
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geniusmannumber1 (Anonymous) says…
Ah, but not the fencing charges, eh, Smitty?
30 December 2008
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triplegoddess13 (Anonymous) says…
smitty-Stop trying to take over every article for crying out loud. It's getting tiresome.
30 December 2008
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Guardian (Anonymous) says…
triplegoddess- I'm disappointed that smitty's story of Chief Olin's arrest by federal officers didn't make the list.
30 December 2008
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smitty (Anonymous) says…
One comment on three subjects out of fourteen is not even close to taking over a thread unless you want it that way, stooopid. I'm so right on that it makes the cop roaches defensive and nervous. Again…I have no opinion on the guilt or innocence of the Neighbors. There are way too many similarities with other known LPD, FBI, city corruptions. Those similarities are the basis of my concerns.