A man with multiple previous felony convictions picked up two more in Douglas County — one from an armed robbery at a laundromat — and is being sent back to prison for more than three years. Andre R. Brown, 30, was sentenced to 40 months in prison Friday in Douglas County District Court. Judge Kay Huff said that would be followed by a year of post-release supervision. She said Brown was on parole in a ...
Story updated at 12:24 p.m. Thursday A woman is safe after escaping the turbulent and rain-swollen Kansas River near downtown Lawrence and being swept to the opposite bank nearly a mile downriver Thursday morning. The woman initially told law enforcement that she slipped and fell into the water, said Sgt. Kristen Channel of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. However, Channel said that further investigation ...
Story updated at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2019: A teen who took a handgun to Lawrence High School in February has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime in connection with the incident. The teen pleaded no contest to criminal use of weapons on Wednesday in Douglas County District Court, according to the district attorney’s office. His sentencing is scheduled for July 3. The boy was arrested Feb. 12 at LHS, ...
A Lawrence man was one of two Kansas residents killed in a wreck Sunday in Colorado. The fatal wreck happened about 2 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of West Alameda Avenue and South Kipling Street in Lakewood, a suburb of Denver, the Lakewood Police Department said Tuesday in a news release identifying the victims. Killed were Jesse Edmonds, 30, of Lawrence, and Jacob Bowen, 26, of Gardner, said John Romero, ...
For shooting a Lawrence man with his own gun in his own apartment last year, a Kansas City, Kan., man has been ordered to nearly three years in prison. Rodney L. McNeal, 22, was sentenced Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. Judge Kay Huff sentenced him to 34 months in prison plus two years of post-release supervision. She said McNeal also must register as a violent offender for 15 years because the ...
Updated at 5 p.m. Monday A Lawrence man has been charged with sexually abusing an 8-year-old child for the past several years. Johnie L. Saluto, 30, was arrested Friday and held on $500,000 bond, according to jail records. The alleged abuse dates back to 2015, when the child was 4, according to the complaint, filed Monday in Douglas County District Court. Saluto is charged with four counts of aggravated ...