A Lawrence man pleaded guilty to murder on Tuesday in connection with a DUI crash that left a 70-year-old man dead.
Anthony Michael Royal, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder, unintentional but reckless, and one felony DUI as part of a plea agreement with the state in which the state is recommending 102 months, or 8.5 years, in prison.
The charges are in connection with a crash on April 8, ...
A Lawrence man who was attempting to enter the Lawrence Community Shelter allegedly attacked a staff member who refused to let him in after he had been asked to leave earlier that day.
Police responded to the Lawrence Community Shelter, 3655 E. 25th St. around 7:20 p.m. Sunday to a report of an aggravated battery.
The man, Robert Lee Coleman, 30, was attempting to enter the shelter but a female staff member ...
A Lawrence man who was out on bond in four battery cases was arrested on suspicion of stabbing another man Saturday in downtown Lawrence.
Police responded to the intersection of 10th and Kentucky streets just before 2 p.m. They found a man with a stab wound to the abdomen and blood on his face, said Laura McCabe, a spokesperson with the Lawrence Police Department.
“The stabbing was a result of a fight ...
A man accused of driving by a Baldwin City bar and library and shooting at people was deemed unfit to stand trial Monday in Douglas County District Court.
The man, Junah Augustus Sisney, 21, of Baldwin City, faces one count of attempted capital murder, according to charging documents. He is alleged to have fired at multiple people outside the Bullpen Bar, 811 Eighth St., in Baldwin City before driving around ...
A man who has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a body found near downtown Lawrence has been convicted of disorderly conduct for an incident that happened just weeks before the killing.
Chadwick Elliot Potter, 34, was arrested July 13 after the body of David Blaine Sullivan, 62, of Lawrence, was found a day earlier near the intersection of Sixth and Vermont streets. Potter, believed to ...
A Douglas County prosecutor alleged on Wednesday that a man who was granted probation after a jury convicted him of rape has failed to comply with his sex offender treatment and has failed multiple drug screens.
The man, Ray Charles Atkins, 23, of Lawrence, was convicted in August 2022 in connection with an incident on July 19, 2019, in the 2900 block of Belle Haven Drive. Charging documents allege that Atkins ...
