Police have arrested a 21-year-old Lawrence man in connection with the accidental shooting death of a toddler last week.
Patrick Compton, spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department, said in a news release Friday afternoon that Bishop Isaiah Mendoza had been arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated child endangerment and possession of a stolen handgun.
The shooting occurred on Sept. 17 in ...
Story updated at 6:13 p.m. Thursday:
A Douglas County jury on Thursday found a Lawrence teen guilty of assault and interference with law enforcement officers in a case where he was accused of beating his girlfriend and then threatening to kill her with a knife and a stolen gun.
But jurors found him not guilty of the more serious charges of aggravated kidnapping.
During a trial this week, Robert Brothers Jr., ...
Updated at 2:35 p.m. Thursday
The FBI has released some identifying details about the man suspected of robbing a bank in Lawrence on Tuesday.
Dixon Land, a spokesman for the FBI, said the suspect in the case is a Black man with a light complexion who is between 5 feet 11 and 6 feet 3 inches tall. Land said the man was seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, a black face mask, gray gloves and black or dark blue ...
A jury has begun deliberating in a case in which a Lawrence teen is accused of beating his girlfriend and then threatening to kill her with a knife and a stolen gun.
The jury will decide whether to convict Robert Brothers Jr., 19, of four charges: two counts of aggravated kidnapping, one count of aggravated assault and one count of interference with law enforcement.
As the Journal-World previously reported, ...
Update at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday
Police responded to a reported robbery at a southern Lawrence bank on Tuesday.
Several officers were seen outside of Truity Credit Union, 2221 W. 31st St., around 10 a.m.
Amy Grose, a spokeswoman for Truity Credit Union, later confirmed to the Journal-World that a robbery took place at the bank around 9:30 a.m. She said that an individual who appeared to be carrying some sort of ...
A Lawrence teen accused of fatally shooting a man in central Lawrence earlier this month was formally charged on Monday.
Javier I. Romero, 18, was charged with first-degree murder, an off-grid felony that could result in life in prison if he is convicted of killing 21-year-old Christian Willis. He was also charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, a level-three felony drug ...
