A man recently released from prison has been charged in connection with a shooting reported in Lawrence earlier this week. Casey Lamont Williams Jr., 22, was arrested Thursday morning. On Friday afternoon, he made his first appearance in Douglas County District Court and was charged in connection with two incidents. In one case, he was charged with four felonies: aggravated assault, for allegedly threatening ...
Law enforcement officials have arrested a man whom Lawrence police suspect in connection with a shooting that occurred Sunday near 24th Street and Ousdahl Road. Casey Lamont Williams Jr., 22, of Lawrence, was being held without bond in the Douglas County Jail on Thursday afternoon, according to jail booking logs. He was arrested on a probable cause warrant and a bench warrant at 10:45 a.m. in the 1900 block of ...
A man has been charged with multiple felonies in Douglas County District Court in connection with a disturbance in May. Seth A. Kenney was charged Tuesday with three counts of felony aggravated assault for allegedly threatening an adult and two 13-year-olds with a gun, according to court documents. He is also charged with fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, a low-level felony. Lt. Kristen ...
After his court hearing for his charge of stealing used restaurant grease, a Springfield, Mo., man allegedly proceeded to repeat the crime. Byron Parker Aston, 28, was first booked into the Douglas County Jail on Feb. 27, jail records show. He was charged with low-level felony theft for allegedly stealing more than a ton of used cooking grease from bins behind three restaurants on Massachusetts Street. He ...
Story updated at 2:27 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7: A Shawnee man was charged Tuesday as the result of a traffic stop near the University of Kansas campus. Deputy Chief James Anguiano of KUPD told the Journal-World via email Tuesday morning that officers stopped a car for a traffic violation at 12:15 a.m. in the area of 19th Street and Ousdahl Road. Anguiano said a person was arrested on suspicion of possession ...
A late-night encounter between two University of Kansas students began with consensual kissing but devolved into a sex crime, court documents allege. Hayden Brae Gragg, 19, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., was arrested on suspicion of rape, a high-level felony, in October 2018. He was released without being charged pending completion of an investigation. He was arrested on a warrant July 16 and charged with sexual ...