A 65-year-old man was hooded and bound with tape at gunpoint before being taken to a “concrete tomb” where he thought his kidnappers would kill him, according to a recently released police affidavit.
Charged in Douglas County District Court in connection with the incident is Tahreon Allen, 20, of Lawrence, and Mustafa Darrell Muhammad-Springs, 19, of Kansas City, Kansas.
Both are facing one count of ...
Two teenage Lawrence girls facing felony obstruction counts in connection with the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy made their first appearances Wednesday in Douglas County District Court.
The girls are each charged in the Juvenile Division with one count each of "obstructing apprehension or prosecution by concealing, harboring or aiding Derrick D. Reed, who had committed or who had been charged with ...
A judge set a $500,000 bond on Tuesday for a Lawrence teenager who will be tried as an adult in connection with the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy.
The defendant, Derrick Del Reed, turns 18 at the end of this week, but a Douglas County District Court judge decided on July 10 to try Reed as an adult on the murder charge. At the same hearing, she denied Reed's bid to gain immunity from prosecution based on ...
A chance for rain continues through this week as Lawrence has received about an inch more rain than is typical for July, according to the National Weather Service.
Lawrence received just under half an inch of rain Tuesday afternoon, bringing the month's total to 3.87 inches, which is about 1.3 inches higher than normal, said meteorologist Matt Wolters with the National Weather Service in Topeka.
“July has ...
Updated at 5:40 p.m. Monday, July 17
A man whose address is listed as the city-support site for the homeless has been charged with felony assault after allegedly threatening two people with an ax on Saturday.
The man, Brandon Eugene Snow, 32, is charged in Douglas County District Court with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, namely a double-sided hatchet or ax, according to the charging ...
A former Douglas County sheriff’s deputy entered into a diversion agreement on Thursday to resolve a domestic battery charge involving another law enforcement officer stemming from a 2020 Halloween party.
The former deputy, Breanna S. Pence, 32, of Lawrence, is charged with one count of domestic battery, a low-level misdemeanor charge, according to charging documents. The incident occurred on Oct. 31, 2020. ...
