Updated at 9:32 a.m. Tuesday: A Eudora man was charged Monday in connection with a reported stabbing that left a man with life-threatening injuries on Friday in Lawrence. Lawrence police arrested Maurice Antonius Atkins, 31, at an apartment in the 700 block of West 25th Street Friday afternoon. Atkins was charged Monday in Douglas County District Court with attempted second-degree murder and aggravated ...
As Rontarus Washington Jr. left the courtroom on Oct. 4, 2019, following a hung jury in his murder trial, he told his mother, “Wipe them tears; they can’t keep me forever.” That was before the coronavirus disease became a global pandemic and the Kansas Supreme Court suspended speedy trial laws “until further order.” As of March 16, Washington had been in custody of the Douglas County Jail for five ...
The Douglas County district attorney’s office will be closed to the public through Friday, April 3, according to Cheryl Wright Kunard, assistant to DA Charles Branson. The closure comes “(f)ollowing a multitude of orders and recommendations” by public health officials at the national, state and local levels, as well as the Kansas Supreme Court’s order restricting judicial operations statewide, Wright ...
Lawrence police investigated multiple calls involving weapons or gunshots Thursday night. However, it did not appear that any shots were actually fired, and in two unrelated incidents, both guns turned out to be BB guns, a department spokesman said. Around 9:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of 10th and Massachusetts streets for a reported disturbance with weapons, Patrick Compton told the ...
A man suffered life-threatening injuries in an incident in Lawrence Friday afternoon, police said. Just after 2 p.m., Lawrence police officers were dispatched to a residence in the 700 block of West 25th Street regarding an unknown emergency, LPD spokesman Patrick Compton said via email Friday. Emergency radio traffic shortly thereafter indicated that it was possibly a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers found ...
The Lawrence Police Department and Douglas County Sheriff’s Office are responding to calls for service with phone calls whenever they can in order to help “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both agencies have made some changes to procedures in recent days, and there may be more to come as guidance from public health officials becomes more stringent. Lawrence Police Department spokesman ...