Story updated at 5:44 p.m. Monday: A teen who reportedly brought a gun to Lawrence High School last year has been sentenced to time served. The boy, a 14-year-old student at the time, stole a 9 mm handgun from a parent in December 2019, according to court documents. On Jan. 8, 2020, another student at Lawrence High School reported that the boy might have brought a weapon to school, according to a news release ...
Two Lawrence men have been arrested after allegedly using Facebook and Snapchat to not only solicit underage girls, but to also find out where they live, according to recently released documents in their court cases. Jared C. Spears, 28, of Lawrence, has been charged in Douglas County District Court with electronic solicitation, a high-severity felony, and stalking, a misdemeanor. Michael K. Aller, 31, of ...
Despite a winter weather advisory and predictions of ice and snow accumulations, road conditions were not bad enough to cause many crashes and slide-offs in Douglas County on Tuesday. Lawrence police responded to one noninjury crash Tuesday morning, Lt. David Ernst said via email, but none that involved injuries. As of 3:15 p.m., officers had not been called to any motorist assists, he said. County roads ...
A local adult entertainment club has asked a judge to backtrack on her ruling that she would not stop Douglas County from enforcing a health order, and it's now citing a recent San Diego court case. Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the owner of Paradise Saloon in Lawrence filed a lawsuit that, in part, asked a judge to issue a temporary restraining order that would have prevented county health officials ...
This year, the gifts that children received through the Lawrence Police Department's Blue Santa program were surprises to the grownups, too. The department’s annual charity benefit and toy drive, first organized in 2011, usually allows parents and guardians of Lawrence kids to shop at the Blue Santa toy store and select gifts. The toy store “elves” — volunteers — would then wrap the presents for ...
The total number of criminal cases filed in Douglas County District Court has dropped by almost 50% in the last 15 years, data from the Kansas Office of Judicial Administration shows. However, many of those cases are still being filed — but in municipal courts rather than the district court. And it's misdemeanor cases, not felonies, that are behind the decrease; the number of felony cases in Douglas County ...