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 161 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 ...
Story updated at 2:05 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18: A judge has granted probation to an Arkansas man convicted of a sex crime involving a 15-year-old he met online. Devon A. Young, 21, of Springdale, Ark., was sentenced Dec. 7 in Douglas County District Court. Judge James McCabria granted him an 18-month probation, according to the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office. Should he fail on probation, Young’s ...
Story updated: 10:56 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. After a weeklong trial, a jury has convicted a man in connection with a 2017 aggravated robbery in Lawrence. The jury heard evidence last week and delivered its verdict Monday, according to the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office. Norris M. Hunter, 37, of Lawrence, was found guilty on all counts. Depending on his criminal history, Hunter could face ...
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 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 ...
Updated at 5:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17: Danny W. Queen was a 13-year military veteran, a father and a full-time employee with promotion potential at a local company. He had no criminal history. But one summer night in 2017, at a small-town bar, he shot a man and tried to shoot two others. A judge is now weighing that situation — along with searing statements from the slain man’s relatives — before ...
Updated at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17: A mentally ill Missouri mother has pleaded guilty to murdering her 5-year-old daughter and trying to murder her 1-year-old son by driving the children into the Kansas River. Scharron R. Dingledine, 26, of Columbia, appeared in Douglas County District Court Monday for a hearing where the judge initially was expected to schedule her murder trial date. Instead, Dingledine ...