WRITER: Chris Conde

Transient man pleads guilty to threatening 2 people with a knife in incidents at Community Building and Kansas Union

A man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Douglas County District Court to threatening two people with a knife: a woman at the Community Building and a man on the University of Kansas campus. Shaun Donovan Bernie, 30, whose address is listed as a Lawrence drop-in center for people experiencing homelessness, entered into a plea agreement Wednesday to resolve three pending cases and to prevent a fourth from being filed ...

Lawrence man pleads no contest in fentanyl case that led to 18-year-old's death

A Lawrence man pleaded no contest on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court in a fentanyl distribution case that resulted in a teenager's death. The man, Logan Hastie Morgan, 23, was convicted of one felony count of attempted distribution of a controlled substance causing death. As part of Morgan’s plea agreement, the state dismissed two felony counts of distributing a controlled substance leading to great ...

Lawrence man arrested after allegedly brandishing a gun at his former place of employment

A Lawrence man was stunned and arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after he allegedly brandished a firearm at his former place of employment on Friday. Lawrence police responded just before 1 p.m. on Friday to a business in the 1100 block of Horizon Drive to a report of a disturbance with weapons. Witnesses told police that a man came to the business looking for a woman he believed to be responsible ...

Man accused of leading Lawrence police on drunken chase and crashing downtown waives right to preliminary hearing

An Overland Park man accused of fleeing from police and drunkenly crashing into a pole in downtown Lawrence waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday in Douglas County District Court. Kendrick Guerrero, 20, is charged with two felony counts of fleeing from an officer, one misdemeanor count of DUI and one misdemeanor count of possession of a firearm while under the influence, according to charging ...

Lawrence woman accused of setting multiple fires waives right to hearing

A Lawrence woman who is accused of setting a fire at an eye clinic, bonding out of jail and then setting multiple fires two days later at North Lawrence businesses waived her right to a preliminary hearing Friday in Douglas County District Court. The woman, Abie Schnacke, 19, is charged with one felony count of aggravated arson in connection with an incident on Nov. 13, 2022, at 3111 W. Sixth St., which is the ...

Lawrence man accused of touching teenager inappropriately ordered to stand trial; prosecutor adds kidnapping charge

A Lawrence man accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl was ordered on Friday to stand trial after the girl testified that he drunkenly pulled her into his bedroom and touched her inappropriately. Isaiah Jamin Duckworth, 35, was originally charged with one felony count of aggravated sexual battery, but after Friday's preliminary hearing in Douglas County District Court, the state added an additional charge ...