Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general address followed by a short description of the call's nature. Lawrence police incident numbers are also included, as ...
Jurors saw gruesome photos on Tuesday of a man who was killed in downtown Lawrence last summer — including images of his smashed skull and bleeding in his brain — on the second day of a murder trial in Douglas County District Court. The trial is for 35-year-old Chadwick Elliot Potter, a transient who is charged with one count of second-degree murder in the death of David Blaine Sullivan, 62, of Lawrence. ...
A hearing to charge a Kansas City teenager as an adult with murder in connection the shooting death of a Lawrence girl was canceled on Monday, and the next court date scheduled is for a plea hearing. The teen, Davon D. Washington, 17, of Kansas City, Missouri, is charged in Johnson County Juvenile Court with one felony count of second-degree unintentional but reckless murder and one misdemeanor count of a ...
A murder trial for a man accused of bludgeoning another man near downtown Lawrence began on Monday, and the state said it’s case is based on circumstantial evidence. On trial is Chadwick Elliot Potter, 35, who is a transient who has lived in numerous states throughout the years and told police he only arrived in Lawrence a few weeks prior to the alleged murder. He was originally charged with one count of ...
A man is alleged to have threatened staff and broken an office window at the The Village on Sunday after he was denied entry. Just after 9 p.m. Sunday officers responded to The Village, 256 N. Michigan St., after staff at the site for people experiencing homelessness called to report that they had been threatened, said Sgt. Drew Fennelly with the Lawrence Police Department in an email. The man had tried to ...
A Topeka man was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court for an armed robbery in Lawrence in 2017. The defendant, Darren Logan Henry, 31, was convicted in January of one felony count of aggravated robbery using a handgun. The incident occurred on Sept. 5, 2017, at a Kwik Shop at 845 Mississippi St., where Henry pointed a gun at the store clerk, demanded money, then fled, ...