Updated at 12:54 p.m., Tuesday
After someone left a voicemail on the Free State High answering machine threatening to “shoot up the school,” police investigated Tuesday morning and ultimately determined the threat wasn’t credible.
Sgt. Amy Rhoads of the Lawrence Police Department said in an email that Free State’s school resource officers “actively” investigated the voicemail as a possible threat. ...
A Lawrence man says that with help from the community he has identified a University of Kansas student whom he caught on home surveillance video smashing pumpkins on his family’s front porch. He says that after being confronted, the pumpkin smasher “’fessed up” and agreed to come apologize to his kids.
Late last week, Chris Leiszler posted video to Facebook of a young man running up to his family’s ...
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 160 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 ...
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 141 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 ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says it’s reviewing protocol after the apparent finagling of work-release privileges enabled a deputy’s sexual encounters with a female inmate.
“The Sheriff’s Office is extremely concerned about the allegations,” office spokeswoman Sgt. Kristen Channel said in a written response to questions from the Journal-World. “The Sheriff’s Office expects nothing but the ...
A judge granted probation to a man who convinced a girl he met on Snapchat to drive hours to Lawrence, where the 15-year-old victim said she gave him oral sex and he gave her gas money and a hit from a bong.
Connor Z. Claxton, 24, of Lawrence, was sentenced Friday before Douglas County District Court Judge Peggy Kittel.
The judge sentenced him to two years on probation, with an underlying sentence of 17 ...
