Now that recreational marijuana sales have started in Missouri, legal dispensaries are physically closer to Lawrence and Douglas County than ever before.
But law enforcement officials agree that the proximity likely won't change the way marijuana is policed or prosecuted in the county. Prosecution for possession of small amounts of the drug remains rare in Douglas County. But driving while under the influence ...
Charges were dismissed Wednesday against three men accused of using a pit bull as a weapon in an attack at a south Lawrence apartment complex.
The men, Malachi Samuel Thomas, 22, Trevon Andrew Anderson, 19, and Isaiah Jawone Mabry, 21, all of Lawrence, were each facing one felony count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon using a pit bull and two misdemeanor counts of battery. A police affidavit alleges ...
A Lawrence woman entered a no-contest plea to DUI and aggravated battery in Douglas County District Court on Thursday for a crash that seriously injured a man in 2022.
The woman, Rachell Denise Redding, 31, was originally charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery, one misdemeanor count of transporting an open container and misdemeanor DUI for her second offense, according to charging documents. ...
Tears and frustration filled the courtroom Thursday as a sentencing hearing was postponed for a man convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with a DUI crash on New Year’s Day of 2022.
The man, Adrian Joel Martinez, 39, of Lawrence, pleaded guilty in Douglas County District Court to felony involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence and felony aggravated battery while driving under ...
A Lawrence man was sentenced to 3 years in prison on Wednesday in Douglas County District Court for leading police on a car chase downtown and assaulting an officer with his car in the summer of 2021.
Nicholas Scott Atwell, 34, was convicted in January of one count of felony flee and elude and one felony count of assault on a law enforcement officer after entering a no contest plea as part of a plea agreement. ...
The Kansas Highway Patrol said it seized a half pound each of fentanyl and heroin and three and a half pounds of methamphetamine after a traffic stop and arrested two Arizona men earlier this week at the turnpike exit into North Lawrence.
The men, Ricky Lincoln, 55, and Keven Ernest Jones, 62, both of Tucson, Arizona, were booked around 5:15 p.m. on Monday on suspicion of distributing heroin, distributing ...
