A woman was charged on Monday in Douglas County District Court with assault after she allegedly threatened someone with a knife while on a Lawrence city bus.
Amanda Marie Frazier, 32, is charged with one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to charging documents. Frazier is listed on the jail booking log as a "transient."
As previously reported by the Journal-World, the incident is ...
A Lawrence man was arrested last week on a warrant in connection with damage to a Native American art exhibit at the University of Kansas.
Owen Patrick McAuliffe, 19, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of criminal damage to the "Native Hosts" exhibit by Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds at the Spencer Museum of Art on Sept. 4, 2021, according to charging documents. He was arrested ...
A Lawrence man has been charged in Douglas County District Court with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl after giving her alcohol.
Stephen Tyler Wampler, 27, faces two felony counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, one felony count of furnishing alcohol to a minor with intent to commit a crime and one misdemeanor count of contributing to a minor’s misconduct, according to charging documents. ...
A Lawrence man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly assaulting a police officer with a semi-automatic rifle after the man was confronted about damage to a vehicle at a pool hall.
The man, Jesse Lamont McDonald IV, 33, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer with a Norinco SKS 7.62x39mm caliber rifle, one felony count of ...
A case against a Lawrence woman accused of fondling a 4-year-old was dismissed Friday in Douglas County District Court.
The woman, Ashlyn Marie Sloan, 30, had been charged with one felony count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child by lewd fondling or touching. The charge relates to an incident between July and December of 2021, according to charging documents.
Judge Stacey Donovan dismissed the charge ...
Updated at 1:02 p.m. Tuesday
A Lawrence man convicted of rape in Douglas County District Court was granted probation on Tuesday after a judge suspended his underlying sentence of nearly 13 years. Soon after, the Douglas County District Attorney's Office announced that it would appeal the judge's decision.
A jury convicted Ray Charles Atkins Jr., 23, of one felony count of rape in August for an incident on July ...
