For a month and a half before Joel Wales was fatally shot and then set on fire in rural Lawrence, text messages indicate his ex and a friend were plotting his death, according to prosecutors.
“This needs done this week,” one text between the women reads.
About a week later — two days before the homicide — another text came through: "When we taking care of this?"
In the two hours before the homicide, ...
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. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and includes 188 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 ...
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 ...
Just shy of four years after his arrest, the murder case against Rontarus Washington Jr. continues slogging toward trial.
Washington has waived his speedy trial rights multiple times over, with his defense team filing extensive pretrial motions. Requests range from arguing that Washington isn't mentally competent to stand trial, to arguing for permission to present evidence that someone else killed the ...
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 233 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 ...
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 177 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 ...
