The last of four suspects charged in connection with a series of armed robberies around Lawrence in early 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to probation. Justice L. Dent, 21, had pleaded no contest to two counts of robbery on Dec. 3. A judge sentenced him to 36 months of probation during which he must submit to random substance abuse testing and have no contact with his co-defendants, Dorothy Kliem, trial assistant ...
Story updated at 5:13 p.m. Wednesday: A student brought a firearm to Lawrence High School on Wednesday, according to a news release from the school district. LHS administrators worked with Lawrence police to investigate a student’s report that another student may have brought a weapon to school, according to the release from district spokeswoman Julie Boyle. “Staff and police confiscated a loaded ...
A judge on Tuesday sentenced a Lawrence man to 77 months, or close to 6 1/2 years, for molesting an 11-year-old girl. Robert W. Copas, 37, was charged in July 2017 with aggravated indecent liberties with a child. In March, he pleaded no contest to the same charge but as a less severe felony, the Journal-World has reported. Copas has been set for sentencing for several months, but multiple complications drew ...
A Topeka man was sentenced Tuesday to 155 months, or nearly 13 years, in prison for raping a Lawrence teen at a house party. On Nov. 4, a jury found 22-year-old Jordan K. Ross guilty of raping a then-15-year-old girl at a Lawrence house party in August 2017. The girl testified that she blacked out and woke up to Ross taking off her pants and then raping her. In a hearing on Dec. 20, Ross’ defense attorney, ...
A man who is accused of shooting and injuring another teen at a Lawrence park was bound over for trial in a new case on Tuesday. Michael A. Hormell, now 20, has been in the custody of the Douglas County Jail since he was arrested Jan. 26, 2018, in connection with a shooting that occurred the same day at Parnell Park, 901 E. 15th St. In that case, prosecutors allege that Hormell and his then-girlfriend, Ardyn ...
After a double shooting in broad daylight at a Lawrence park seriously injured two teen brothers, one of two teen co-defendants reportedly said he should have “just killed the two boys and be done with it,” according to court documents. Sahavione K. Caraway, 17, and Benson J. Edwards Jr., now 18, are both charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated robbery in ...