A Lawrence man is in custody after being accused of kidnapping and other crimes. The man, Michael J. Herschell, 34, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of kidnapping, aggravated assault, criminal damage and violating a protection order. Lawrence police responded to a report around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday that two people had been threatened with a knife and were essentially being held captive at a residence by ...
A Kansas City man accused of a sex crime against a child was arrested by University of Kansas police on Saturday. The man, Jorge Alberto Lozoya-Resendez, 25, of Kansas City, Kansas, was arrested on a warrant from Wyandotte County for aggravated indecent liberties with a child. He was originally charged on Nov. 23, 2021, according to the Douglas County Jail booking log. Lozoya-Resendez was on campus when KU ...
Lawrence police have responded to a spate of gunfire calls in recent days, including an incident in which a Lawrence man was arrested for allegedly shooting a gun toward officers. The man, Austin Charles Taber, 40, was arrested after 11 p.m. Sunday when police were dispatched to the 2600 block of Cranley Court. Officers saw an individual firing shots outside a residence, including a shot in the direction of the ...
Douglas County Sheriff Jay Armbrister has had his share of physical injuries during his career in law enforcement, but it's the mental injuries that have been the most hazardous to his well-being, he told Kansas lawmakers. Armbrister, along with a number of sheriffs, police chiefs and others who oversee first responders, testified Monday before the Senate Commerce Committee in support of Senate Bill 491, which ...
A Douglas County jury on Friday found a 25-year-old man guilty of voluntary manslaughter in a 2017 deadly shooting in south Lawrence. The man, Steven A. Drake, was convicted of shooting Bryce Holladay, 26, on Sept. 19, 2017, at Drake’s duplex in the 2000 block of West 27th Terrace. Drake had been charged with first-degree murder, but the jury returned a verdict for the lesser crime of manslaughter after about ...
A Douglas County jury is now deliberating the fate of a defendant accused of murdering a 26-year-old Lawrence man in the doorway of his duplex. The case of Steven A. Drake, 25, who shot Bryce Holladay on Sept. 19, 2017, went to the jury after two and a half days of testimony, including from Drake himself. The jury deliberated for several hours Thursday afternoon and will resume Friday morning. The prosecution ...