Story updated at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday: A Lawrence man was arrested Saturday and charged Monday with a sex crime against a teen. Randy Lee Flaherty, 35, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated sexual battery, according to the Douglas County Jail booking log. On Monday, he was charged in Douglas County District Court with attempted rape, a high-level felony. The charging document in his case alleges that he ...
The population of the Douglas County Jail has dropped significantly since the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic and local and state officials began taking action to stop the spread. The numbers have prompted local opponents of the planned expansion of the jail to amplify their call for criminal justice reform. However, local law enforcement officials do not think the lower numbers will last once ...
A Lawrence man was charged in Douglas County District Court on Thursday after police alleged that he caused a three-car crash that injured a child while he was driving under the influence. Emiliano Deaquino Salgado, 26, was formally charged at a Zoom videoconference hearing on Thursday with aggravated battery, aggravated endangering a child and driving under the influence of alcohol. The charges are two ...
Three men were arrested recently in connection with a reported armed robbery, and each has been charged this week in Douglas County District Court. Police arrested 21-year-olds Lawson Ray Marshall, of De Soto, and Patrick Quinn Noonan, of Linwood, Saturday night in the 3900 block of Clinton Parkway. Isaak Alvin Torkelson, 20, was arrested Tuesday morning at the address listed as his home in Lawrence, according ...
Updated at 4:44 p.m. Wednesday: A Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday evening after police say he caused an injury car crash while driving under the influence of alcohol. Police were dispatched to the area of Clinton Parkway and Wakarusa Drive just before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Lawrence Police Department spokesman Patrick Compton said via email Wednesday morning. A gray Chevrolet Sonic had rear-ended a blue ...
A Douglas County prosecutor on Friday had requested a hearing to revoke a defendant’s bond, and there was a warrant out for his arrest. By Sunday, it was too late. Phillip Michael Carney, 38, was going to be charged in a fifth case in Douglas County after he’d repeatedly bonded out of jail, despite the prosecutor seeking, and the judge agreeing to, ever-escalating bail amounts. Under the state ...