WRITER: Sara Shepherd

Lawrence police blotter for Nov. 29

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 149 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 ...

Man accidentally fires gun at Lawrence apartment complex, calls police himself

A man fired his handgun by mistake early Thursday morning at a Lawrence apartment complex. Then, he called police to let them know. Officers were dispatched just after 2:30 a.m. to the 1300 block of Crestline Drive, in the Meadowbrook Apartments complex, according to Officer Shawn Gross of the Lawrence Police Department. Police determined that the man had mistakenly fired the gun and wanted to notify police ...

Ambulance involved in crash on Kansas Turnpike near Lecompton

Two people were injured when their minivan collided with an ambulance on the Kansas Turnpike early Wednesday morning. The crash happened just before 2 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the Turnpike, about 3 miles west of the Lecompton exit, according to a preliminary crash report from the Kansas Highway Patrol. The minivan struck the ambulance, causing the minivan to spin and hit the wall, according to the ...

Lawrence police blotter for Nov. 28

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 189 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 ...

Lawrence man gets 10 years in prison for sexually abusing mentally disabled girl

Story updated at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday A Lawrence man who molested a girl with mental disabilities was sentenced on Wednesday to 122 months, or just over 10 years, in prison. Steven L. Capps, 39, previously pleaded no contest and was convicted of two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, both felonies. The girl was 14 when the incident occurred. Capps must remain supervised for life after ...

Lawrence police blotter for Nov. 27

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 169 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 ...