A woman who was critically injured in a car accident Friday evening has died, Lawrence police say. Katherine Bruner, 72, had been flown by air ambulance to a regional hospital after the reported head-on collision, Sgt. Amy Rhoads said via email Monday. She later died from her injuries. The accident occurred around 7:07 p.m. Friday near 23rd Street and Silicon Avenue, Rhoads said. A portion of 23rd Street ...
A new trial date in a Lawrence murder case that has been pending more than five years is still up in the air after a hearing Monday, and it’s still unclear when additional forensic testing can be completed. Rontarus Washington Jr., 23, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the Nov. 7, 2014, death of his 19-year-old neighbor, Justina Altamirano Mosso. The case first went to a four-week trial ...
Updated at 3:33 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24: A former Lawrence police officer was charged Thursday in Douglas County District Court with official misconduct, according to court records. David Shane Williams, 32, of De Soto, reported to the Douglas County Jail to be processed Friday morning. He was released on a $1,000 own-recognizance bond, according to jail records. The complaint in Williams’ case alleges that ...
Lawrence police are planning a spring launch of a special victims unit to investigate sex crimes — a change that comes after the department was drawn into controversy in the fall over the handling of a rape report. Other changes in procedure now require LPD’s investigations division to review all sex crimes, rather than the past practice that allowed patrol officers to investigate certain types of sex ...
A man who some have argued was wrongly convicted in a Lawrence rape case could see a new trial. The Kansas Court of Appeals has remanded the case to Douglas County District Court for a hearing to determine whether Albert N. Wilson was deprived of effective counsel. Wilson, now 24, was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on April 3, 2019, after a jury found him guilty of raping a then-17-year-old girl ...
A man who has been charged in connection with three reported burglaries of the same Lawrence cigar shop has now been charged in a fourth case for allegedly removing his ankle bracelet GPS monitor. Phillip M. Carney, 38, was arrested Thursday, Jan. 2, and Saturday, Jan. 4, in connection with reported burglaries of Cigar House Lawrence, the Journal-World has reported. After his first arrest, he was also charged ...