After pointing a revolver at a driver on a major Lawrence street, court documents allege, a man and a woman holed up inside an apartment, telling police, “We ain’t coming out.” Chandler Allen Grey, 27, and Domonique Calvian Edwards, 22, of Lawrence, were arrested late the evening of Aug. 20. Both were later charged with two felonies, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and interference with law ...
Story updated at 5:46 p.m. Oct. 9, 2019: A 30-year-old Lawrence man reportedly attempted to stab his neighbor with a butter knife, according to police. Officers responded to the 2500 block of West Sixth Street around 12:43 a.m. Wednesday for a disturbance with weapons call, Sgt. Amy Rhoads, public affairs officer for the Lawrence Police Department, told the Journal-World via email. After the man allegedly ...
A Lawrence man who had faced a charge of attempted second-degree murder was sentenced Wednesday to 68 months — five years and eight months — in prison, after pleading no contest to lesser charges. Alfred Dewayne Sanders, 47, pleaded no contest on Sept. 4 to six felonies: three counts of aggravated assault and one count each of criminal discharge of a firearm, possession of methamphetamine and theft. The ...
A 52-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of arson Tuesday morning after first responders were called to smoldering barricades in downtown Lawrence. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical responded to the call at 1047 Massachusetts St. at 4:47 a.m. Tuesday, Division Chief of Administration Tom Fagan said in an email to the Journal-World. The address belongs to the Watkins Museum of History. The man was ...
A Lawrence man who is charged with a child sex crime was bound over for trial Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. Charles Ray Tingler Jr., 46, was charged Sept. 17 with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child, a mid-level felony, in connection with allegations stemming from June 2016. He is alleged to have possessed images that portrayed a child under 18 “shown or heard engaging in sexually ...
A man reportedly sneaked into a woman’s house and hid in the basement for hours, and when she discovered him there, he attacked her, according to court documents. Raju Tamang, 30, of Lawrence, was arrested at 11:05 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at a home in west Lawrence. He was charged the following Monday with attempted first-degree murder and attempted rape, both high-severity felonies. The Journal-World ...