A man who got kicked out of a downtown Lawrence bar reportedly displayed a gun when he wasn’t allowed back in early Wednesday morning. Lawrence police were dispatched to the Jazzhaus, 926 Massachusetts St., just after midnight for a reported disturbance with weapons, Sgt. Amy Rhoads said in an email. The suspect had been removed from the business for a disturbance on the patio but then returned and tried to ...
Story updated: 4:50 p.m. Thursday, June 27, 2019. A boy who brought a handgun to Lawrence High School in his backpack earlier this year was convicted Wednesday in Douglas County District Court. After entering a plea of no contest, the boy was convicted as a juvenile for criminal use of a weapon, a misdemeanor, by Judge Bethany Roberts. Specifically, according to charges, he possessed a gun with a barrel less ...
A Topeka man has been charged in federal court with robbing payday loan businesses in Lawrence and Topeka. Derick Renee Crawford, 29, was indicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said in a news release. Crawford faces two counts of commercial robbery for allegedly robbing the Advance America store at 2223 Louisiana St. in Lawrence on Feb. 21 and, about a month ...
Story updated at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday A Douglas County jury on Tuesday convicted Anthony L. Roberts Jr. of three murders and one attempted murder in the 2017 mass shooting in downtown Lawrence. Following a two-week trial and about five hours of deliberations, jurors returned their verdict just before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. They found Roberts, 22, of Topeka, guilty as charged on all ...
Updated story - June 25 — Jury finds Topeka man guilty of 3 downtown Lawrence murders Story updated at 5:48 p.m. Monday, June 24: Jurors on Monday began weighing whether a young Topeka man committed murder when he opened fire on Massachusetts Street. Following two weeks of jury selection and testimony in the trial of Anthony L. Roberts Jr., 22, in Douglas County District Court, attorneys delivered ...
Lawrence police were investigating after a person with a gunshot wound to the leg sought treatment at the hospital over the weekend. About 10:45 a.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to Lawrence Memorial Hospital regarding a patient who came into the emergency room with a gunshot wound to the leg, Officer Shawn Gross said Monday in an email to media. Gross said the initial reported location was near 23rd and ...