A woman in the Douglas County Jail who had a detainer from immigration officials was released on Monday pursuant to a judge's order.
The order, a writ of habeas corpus signed by Judge Carl A. Folsom III, was issued on Friday after the woman’s defense attorney, Samuel Allison-Natale, filed a petition for the writ after discovering the woman would be held on an immigration detainer after she bonded out of jail ...
The Douglas County District Attorney’s Office dismissed burglary and robbery charges on Thursday after a preliminary hearing for five men who were accused of breaking into an apartment in south Lawrence and taking liquor and beer at gunpoint.
The men, Malachi Samuel Thomas, 22; Trevon Andrew Anderson, 19; Isaiah Jawone Mabry, 21; Blake William Brown, 21; and Nasir Rahman Ali Penny, 20, were each charged with ...
Updated at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023
Lawrence police locked down a central Lawrence apartment complex for nearly nine hours Monday night during a standoff with a man who allegedly threatened multiple people with a gun.
The suspect, Shawn Anthony Daniels, 41, of Lawrence, was arrested around 2 a.m. Tuesday on suspicion of aggravated assault using a deadly weapon and aggravated burglary, according to the ...
Story updated at 7:11 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20:
The Douglas County sheriff is seeking legal advice on when he must comply with warrants from federal immigration officials, but in the meantime a woman who could be facing deportation continues to be held in the local jail.
The issue arose this week in the case of a woman who was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge, but before she could bond out of jail, the ...
A Lawrence man entered a no contest plea in a child pornography case on Friday in Douglas County District Court as part of a deal in which an additional 13 felony counts were dropped.
Bruce Stanley Springsteen, 65, was facing 14 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a child, according to charging documents, but entered a plea to just one count of the lesser felony of attempted exploitation of a child. ...
A Lawrence man who led police on a chase in downtown Lawrence, narrowly missing pedestrians, in the summer of 2021 was convicted on Friday in Douglas County District Court of fleeing from police and assaulting a law enforcement officer.
The man, Nicholas Scott Atwell, 33, was originally charged with aggravated burglary, interference with law enforcement, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer and two ...
