WRITER: Chris Conde

After a year on the run, man deemed incompetent in Douglas County to face charges for armed robbery and battery on a law enforcement officer

A man arrested after a year on the run from police was deemed incompetent Wednesday in Douglas County District Court to stand trial in an armed robbery case and in another case alleging battery on a law enforcement officer. The man, Casey Lamont Williams, 25, of Scranton, Kansas, appeared in court via Zoom from his cell at the Douglas County Jail. He was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for one felony count ...

Lawrence man charged with aggravated assault after allegedly trying to hit people with his car

A Lawrence man was charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly tried to hit two people with his car and rammed another vehicle Tuesday evening. Daniel Martinez Sanchez, 19, is charged in Douglas County District Court with two felony counts of aggravated assault and one misdemeanor count of criminal damage, according to charging documents. Police responded around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday to a subject ...

Lawrence receives 2.5 inches of snow, National Weather Service says

The National Weather Service reports that 2.5 inches of snow fell overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning in Lawrence, though temperatures in the mid-30s had diminished that amount by midmorning. Weather over the next few days is expected to be calm, with highs in the low 30s and increasing to the mid-40s by Friday, said meteorologist Matt Flanagan with the NWS in Topeka. He said that on Saturday night a ...

Second brother sentenced for 2021 incident with gun at downtown Lawrence bar

The second brother involved in an incident in which a gun was discharged at a bar in downtown Lawrence was sentenced to probation on Monday. Chance S. Gosewisch, 26, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, was originally charged with one felony count of aggravated assault with a firearm, according to charging documents. As part of a plea agreement he signed in December 2022, Gosewisch pleaded to a lesser felony count of ...

Man accused of engaging in armed standoff at apartment charged with aggravated assault and burglary

A Lawrence man accused of engaging in an armed standoff with police earlier this week was charged Wednesday in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of aggravated assault with a firearm and one felony count of aggravated burglary. The man, Shawn Anthony Daniels, 41, was arrested around 2 a.m. Tuesday after a nine-hour standoff at the Naismith Place apartment complex in the 1500 block of West 25th ...

Lawrence community organizer and activist charged with aggravated battery, fails to appear in court

Updated at 4:27 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 A Lawrence community organizer and one-time prominent student activist at the University of Kansas is facing a charge of aggravated battery. The woman, Trinity Carpenter, 36, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of aggravated battery, according to charging documents, though few details about the incident were immediately available. The ...