The man who police say was behind a series of armed burglaries was sentenced Monday to 32 months in prison. True J. Shipley, 21, pleaded no contest to three counts of robbery on Oct. 15, the Journal-World reported. After his release from prison, Shipley will have 24 months of post-release supervision, Dorothy Kliem, trial assistant for the Douglas County district attorney’s office, said via email Monday. ...
A 33-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Saturday morning after allegedly crashing into an oncoming vehicle and fleeing into the Baker Wetlands, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Around 8:25 a.m., sheriff’s deputies responded to a vehicle crash in the 1400 block of North 1300 Road, Jenn Hethcoat, public information officer for the sheriff’s department, said via email. The driver of a ...
From the time he was assigned the case until even after he retired, former Lawrence Police Detective Warren Burket never stopped wondering what happened to Phillip Owen Morgan. Morgan was 38 years old when he was reported missing June 11, 2015. Burket didn’t get the case until about a month later. Reflecting about 4 1/2 years later, Burket said that the “first 48” — hours after someone goes missing, ...
A semitruck driver was reportedly eating a tuna sandwich when he struck a Eudora woman and her guide dog in August, according to a lawsuit filed in Douglas County District Court. Kristina Jinkens, 49, who goes by Tina, through counsel Michael Healy of Lee’s Summit, Mo., filed the lawsuit against U.S. Auto Transport Inc., driver Steven Haynie and the City of Eudora in October. The lawsuit alleges that ...
A Lawrence man arrested on suspicion of rape was formally charged last week in Douglas County District Court. Andrew E. Ferguson, 21, has been charged with rape, a high-severity felony, for allegedly engaging in sexual intercourse while the alleged victim, a 20-year-old, was unconscious or physically powerless, on or about Dec. 13. In the alternative, the charging document alleges that Ferguson engaged in ...
Updated to add booking photo from Douglas County Sheriff's Office at 10:38 a.m. Monday: One of two teenage suspects charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection with a March shooting at Lawrence’s Holcom Park has been booked into the Douglas County Jail. Benson J. Edwards Jr., of Topeka, turned 18 on Sunday, jail records show. He was arrested on a warrant at Douglas County Youth Services early ...