A Douglas County dog was let outside Wednesday and returned home with buckshot in its hindquarters, the dog’s owner reported to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. The dog was shot in the early afternoon after being let out of its home in the 100 block of North 2098 Road for about 30 to 45 minutes, Sgt. Kristen Channel said in an email to the Journal-World. She said a vet treated the dog and determined ...
A University of Kansas student has reported to police that she was raped in her dorm last summer by a man she knew. The woman reported on Feb. 20 that she was raped by an acquaintance in August 2018 at Oliver Hall, 1815 Naismith Drive, said Deputy Chief James Anguiano of the KU Office of Public Safety. The suspect also is a KU student who lives in a different campus housing facility, Anguiano said. He said ...
When a Lawrence man came out of his house in body armor and allegedly fired a gun at a police officer last year, that wasn’t simply an assault on law enforcement, it was attempted murder, prosecutors now say. Abdul Jalil K. Hussein, 35, was arrested and charged with a string of crimes after a June 29 break-in at his mother’s house that turned into a police standoff at his house, 620 N. Stowe Court. On ...
Story updated at 5:39 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2019: A citizen-initiated grand jury that was impaneled in January to investigate alleged election-related crimes by former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office has adjourned without bringing an indictment, according to a court document in the case. After reviewing the citizen petition, exhibits and testimony of witnesses, the grand jury found “no ...
A Lawrence man who committed an armed robbery with his brother in 2017 will join him in prison. Tavaras L. Hunter, 38, was sentenced Tuesday in Douglas County District Court to 10 years in prison followed by three years of post-release supervision, according to Dorothy Kliem, trial assistant for the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office. She said Hunter must also register as a violent offender for 15 ...
Updated at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday One of three Topeka men charged in connection with a triple homicide and fight in downtown Lawrence walked free from Douglas County District Court on Tuesday. Dominique J. McMillon, 20, pleaded no contest to a single count of misdemeanor battery and was sentenced to less time than he’s already served in jail for the case, his appointed attorney, J.C. Gilroy, said. “Mr. ...