Story updated at 1:33 p.m. Thursday As soon as she heard her son had been murdered, Debbie Wales has said she knew his ex-girlfriend did it. As for the other woman who helped, Wales said she’s still baffled. “I just don’t understand why a person can make a decision to kill someone they don’t even know,” Wales said. “This person chose to believe lies. This person chose to kill a human ...
The Lawrence Police Department is planning extra DUI enforcement throughout the city on Saturday — which is April 20, celebrated among marijuana smokers as the 4/20 holiday. The DUI saturation patrol will involve placing extra officers on the road specifically to look for motorists showing signs of impaired driving or other traffic violations, police said in a news release. Officers will perform field ...
A woman who was found stabbed multiple times in her West Lawrence home remained in critical but stable condition Thursday, police said. Police had not made an arrest in the case but were “working diligently” to follow leads, Sgt. Amy Rhoads said. Rhoads encouraged anyone with information to call police at 785-832-7509, or, to remain anonymous, Crime Stoppers of Lawrence and Douglas County at 785-843-TIPS ...
It will be nearly six more months before a murder defendant from the 2017 homicide at Motel 6 in Lawrence faces a jury for his second trial. The case involved a lot of bullets — three men were shot a total of 17 times, and stray bullets traveled as far as a neighboring business, evidence at the first trial showed. The defense team said it needed time to consult a ballistics expert, among other things. When ...
Updated at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday A man has been arrested on charges from a 2017 hit-and-run crash that seriously injured multiple people pushing a disabled car on 23rd Street in Lawrence. Andrew A. Walden, 25, of Iola, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident and two counts of aggravated battery, for allegedly recklessly causing great bodily harm to two people hurt in that accident, Rowena Racehorse and ...
Police want to know who apparently fired a gun multiple times in a residential neighborhood near 23rd Street Tuesday night. About 10:45 p.m., police responded to the area of West 24th and Arkansas streets after multiple people called and reported hearing three or four gunshots, Sgt. Amy Rhoads said in an email. She said officers found shell casings along Arkansas Street just south of 24th. Residents in the ...