A University of Kansas football player was charged Tuesday following an incident at a popular student bar in Lawrence. Thomas Patrick Barrett, now 21, was arrested around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Jayhawk Cafe, commonly known as the Hawk. Two 17-year-old girls were also inside the business and “in possession of what is believed to be alcohol,” Sgt. Amy Rhoads of the Lawrence Police Department ...
A Lawrence man has been charged with a child sex crime in connection with alleged activity in 2016. Charles Ray Tingler Jr., 46, was charged Tuesday with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child — level 5 felonies — according to online court records. The charges allege that on June 7, 2016, Tingler possessed images that portrayed a child under 18 “shown or heard engaging in sexually explicit ...
Bright yellow photo tents labeled with black numbers lay next to footwear impressions in blood, butter knives and little jewels in crime scene photos shown to a jury for a Lawrence murder trial Wednesday. The tiny yellow jewels, which dotted a corner of an apartment’s bedroom and bathroom floors, are believed to have come from a bracelet the victim was wearing at the time of her death. Justina Altamirano ...
Two suspects reportedly stole a lifesize cutout of the Kansas City Chiefs’ star quarterback, fled the scene and wound up in a car accident, according to information from Lawrence Police Department spokesman Patrick Compton. Just after noon Monday, Lawrence police officers were handling a two-car injury accident at Ninth and Missouri streets when they received a call from dispatch about an alleged theft from ...
A Lawrence man was charged Monday with first-degree attempted murder and attempted rape, according to Douglas County District Court records. The circumstances surrounding the arrest were unclear, but 30-year-old Raju Tamang allegedly tried to kill a victim by strangling her with a phone cord but failed or “was prevented or intercepted in executing said crime,” according to the charges in his case. He ...
Story updated at 7:33 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17: A Lawrence murder victim’s husband says he had no agreement to allow him to stay in the United States as long as he cooperated with prosecutors in the trial for the man they say killed his wife. To the contrary, 31-year-old Felipe Cantu Ruiz wants to go back to Mexico. Cantu Ruiz said if his lawyer asked the Douglas County district attorney’s office to allow ...