In a urine sample-switching scheme that had unintended — and deadly — consequences, a Baldwin City man has now been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and distribution of methadone. Justin R. Jones, 35, pleaded guilty to both felony charges on Friday in Douglas County District Court. Instead of proceeding to trial, which had been scheduled for later this month, Judge James McCabria set Jones’ ...
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. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 169 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 police officer has been granted a diversion in a domestic violence case, where, after an argument, he held a woman down on a couch and didn’t allow her to leave the home. If Sutagee J. Anglin, 46, of Lawrence, completes the terms of his yearlong diversion — including community service and a substance abuse evaluation — the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office will drop the criminal ...
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. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 200 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 ...
Steven Davis won’t be dropping any major “bombshells” about former Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office when he testifies before a Douglas County grand jury Tuesday. Davis said he doesn’t have any, which is essentially why he pursued summoning a grand jury to investigate. “That’s the value of the process, that the grand jurors can do more than I can as just a citizen,” Davis said. “I ...
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says a Lawrence man, arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, briefly escaped law enforcement custody when he bolted from the hospital on Wednesday. After his arrest, John E. Ouellette, 40, was taken from the jail via ambulance to the Lawrence hospital for a medical reason, said Sgt. Kristen Channel of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. She said deputies were in the ...