WRITER: Sara Shepherd

Lawrence police blotter for Dec. 25

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. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday and includes 125 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 police blotter for Dec. 24

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. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 134 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 ...

Former Douglas County coroner relocates, again

Douglas County’s former coroner is still being flown in from out of state to testify in death-related court cases here, but he’s now coming from a different state. After more than 20 years as Douglas County coroner, Erik Mitchell left Kansas last summer and began a job as chief medical examiner for Fond du Lac County in Wisconsin. Mitchell secured his license in that state and began performing autopsies ...

Citing alleged missteps in 30-year-old New York case, defense lawyer demands coroner be barred from 2 Lawrence murder trials

Skeletons in a coroner’s closet may be coming back to haunt him — or at least to haunt prosecutors seeking justice for recent homicide victims he examined. A lawyer for two Lawrence murder defendants is trying to bar the coroner from testifying at their upcoming trials. In newly filed motions, appointed attorney Angela Keck accuses former Douglas County coroner Erik Mitchell of “dishonesty and false ...

Lawrence police blotter for Dec. 23

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 175 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 police blotter for Dec. 22

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 196 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 ...