Employees restrained a man who threatened to rob their liquor store Wednesday night, holding him until police arrived, according to the Lawrence Police Department. Just after 8:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to a disturbance at Kansas Crown Discount Liquor, 1215 W. Sixth St., Officer Shawn Gross said in an email. A person inside was refusing to leave the business and threatened to rob it if not given free ...
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 ...
Steven A. Drake III affirmed to a judge Thursday that he didn’t want the state’s plea offer in his pending first-degree murder case. Instead, he’s insisting on a jury hearing the matter. The trial for the 22-year-old Lawrence resident is set to begin Jan. 14 in Douglas County District Court, where prosecutors during a pretrial motions hearing Thursday announced the deal that they had offered. “For ...
Lawrence police arrested two men overnight after they allegedly robbed one person then barged into a nearby home and tried to rob others. The crimes were reported about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday in a mobile home park at 100 Arkansas St. Police were dispatched to the possible sounds of gunshots, and while on the way learned that a robbery had occurred, Lawrence Police Sgt. Amy Rhoads said in an email. She said officers ...
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. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 89 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 ...
Lawrence’s annual Community Christmas Dinner isn’t just for people who can’t afford a meal. “It’s for anybody who wants to come,” co-organizer Deb Engstrom said. That’s Engstrom’s favorite thing about the tradition, she said. A true “cross-section of the community” shares a meal together — people who are alone, people who bring their whole family, people who are homeless, even people ...