Years of multiagency investigation into fraud by others in his banking circles ultimately produced the federal indictment against Lawrence businessman Troy A. Gregory, documents filed in the case reveal.
Gregory, facing criminal charges for his role in an alleged $15 million bank loan scheme over a decade ago, argued that the government took improper steps in that long process of bringing the case against him ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours.
Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday and includes 179 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and general address followed by a short description of the call's nature.
It's important to remember that each incident only ...
A Lawrence man was arrested this week after being charged with a sex crime he allegedly committed in 2017.
Matthew Charles Hart, 40, was arrested Thursday in connection with the case, jail records indicate.
A charge of aggravated criminal sodomy, a felony, was filed against him in November in Douglas County District Court. According to the complaint, he allegedly overcame a 33-year-old victim by force or fear ...
Story last updated at 6:30 p.m. Friday
Friday’s snow was blamed for more than 20 wrecks in Douglas County, none of which involved major injuries, according to law enforcement agencies.
After heavy snow began falling around 8:30 a.m., the Lawrence Police Department responded to 17 accidents by the end of the business day when snow had tapered off, Officer Derrick Smith said. He said none resulted in ...
A Lawrence mother claimed the engine was running and the heat was on when she left her young children in the backseat of her car to hang out at a bar for a couple of hours during the recent polar vortex.
But Lawrence police said the part of her story about leaving the heat on didn’t add up, according to an affidavit investigators filed in support of the woman’s arrest on child endangerment charges.
The ...
Two Lawrence men were arrested this week on suspicion of kidnapping and other crimes, including allegedly assaulting a man with a hammer and a torch last fall.
Jason V. Spaniol, 41, and Sean P. McCawley, 42, were booked Thursday into the Douglas County Jail, where both were held on $75,000 bond, according to jail records. They were scheduled to appear in Douglas County District Court Friday afternoon, according ...
