Brian L. Smith didn’t pull the trigger, but he will go to prison for his role in a home-invasion robbery and shooting of a Lawrence man last year. Smith, 30, of Kansas City, Mo., is one of five co-defendants in the case. He was sentenced Wednesday to 29 months in prison plus a year of post-release supervision. Douglas County District Court Judge Paula Martin gave Smith a longer sentence than what his ...
Story updated: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018 A University of Kansas student's lawsuit against a Lawrence college bar known as the Hawk, and one of its employees he was injured in a fight with, has been settled. Douglas County District Court Judge Amy Hanley dismissed the suit this month, in accordance with an agreement between all sides. “The parties have resolved all disputes and controversies and all ...
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 216 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 ...
Suspects allegedly brandished weapons in a couple of disturbances reported Monday in Lawrence. In one case, a suspect and victim were arguing about 7:45 p.m. in the parking lot of Hobby Lobby, at 3311 Iowa St., when the suspect threatened the victim with a “blunt object,” according to Officer Derek Smith of the Lawrence Police Department. Smith declined to confirm exactly what type of object it was, but he ...
A gunman reportedly held up a Lawrence convenience store early Monday morning. The robbery happened about 5:50 a.m. at Kwik Shop, 845 Mississippi St., where a man entered the business, brandished a gun and presented a note demanding cash, according to a Lawrence Police Department news release. Police said the suspect escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. The two employees, a 36-year-old man and a ...
A Lawrence man, charged in a trio of felony cases involving teens, has been convicted of aggravated robbery and a child sex crime as a result. Kaspar A. Engelberg, 20, entered a plea of no contest last week to one count each of aggravated robbery and aggravated indecent liberties with a child, according to Cheryl Wright Kunard, assistant to Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson. She said Engelberg ...