Lawrence police think there's a chance their suspect in an Aug. 13 burglary at the Islamic Center of Lawrence could be the same man suspected in a similar alleged incident about 160 miles away.
On Tuesday, Lawrence police put out a request for the public’s help to identify a man who they say was captured on surveillance footage stealing donation boxes that contained $1,000 to $2,000 in cash from the center, ...
A judge on Wednesday sided with a Lawrence defense attorney who claimed his client’s rights were violated and that his statements to detectives should not be used at trial.
Douglas County District Court Judge James McCabria granted Hatem Chahine’s motion to suppress any statements that his client made to detectives from Johnson County after the man had twice requested an attorney.
In part, the analysis ...
A defense attorney is hoping to block his client’s potentially incriminating statements to law enforcement from being used in court, alleging that his Miranda rights were violated.
Abdul Jalil K. Hussein, 35, of Lawrence, is charged in connection with multiple incidents: allegedly firing a gun into the air outside his home, which led to an hourslong standoff with police in December 2017; allegedly kicking in ...
A registered sex offender from Lawrence was sentenced to a decade in federal prison for possession of child pornography, according to a news release from the U.S. District Court in Kansas.
Benjamin Grace, 32, was identified in an FBI investigation of an internet service involved in the production, advertisement and distribution of child porn, according to the release. Agents searched his Lawrence home, then ...
Story updated at 5:18 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21:
A Lawrence woman has been charged in connection with a reported stabbing that left another woman with serious but not life-threatening injuries.
Stephanie Kay Bryant Henderson, 34, was charged Monday in Douglas County District Court with one count of aggravated battery, a level 4 person felony, court documents show.
Lawrence police were called to investigate a ...
A Lawrence man charged with first-degree murder and vehicular homicide now wants to delay his next court appearance, after last week raising concerns about how slowly the case was moving.
Steven A. Drake III, 22, objected to his last defense attorney’s Aug. 12 motion to withdraw from his case, largely because the case has dragged on for nearly two years. But on Tuesday, Drake requested the judge push out his ...
