A maintenance man for an apartment complex in southwest Lawrence reportedly shot and killed a group of raccoons in the complex's dumpster — in front of children — and now could face charges of animal cruelty and unlawful discharge of a firearm.
The incident occurred Friday at Village at West End, a complex at 4410 Clinton Parkway operated by Midwest Property Management.
Laura McCabe, a spokeswoman for the ...
A former award-winning paraprofessional in the Lawrence school district has been charged with two more sex crimes against children, bringing the number of criminal charges to four.
The Douglas County District Attorney's Office recently charged Caleb Zachary Rahmeier with attempted sexual exploitation of a child, which allegedly occurred between May 21, 2022, and Sept. 3, 2024, and sexual exploitation of a ...
A man was found deceased last week in a home following a lengthy incident to which dozens of Lawrence police officers responded.
Police spokeswoman Laura McCabe told the Journal-World on Monday that officers were called on Wednesday to the 3500 block of Prairie Clover Court about a person armed with a shotgun who was potentially involved in a crime.
Officers heard shots fired at some point and evacuated some ...
For the second time since he was charged last summer with murder, a defendant has been ordered to undergo a competency evaluation to see if he is fit to stand trial.
Douglas County Judge Amy Hanley has ordered the defendant, Aaron Blake Wright, who is accused in the stabbing death of 35-year-old Jina Reyes-Woehler, to undergo a competency evaluation by Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center.
Generally, a ...
A Douglas County judge has completely sealed, rather than redact, the arrest affidavit of a man accused of raping a client at a Lawrence massage business, meaning that the public can have no information about why police believed they had probable cause to arrest the man.
Joshua Salazar, a 32-year-old massage therapist, was charged earlier this summer with raping a 19-year-old woman at Lawrence Thai Massage, 951 ...
A 45-year-old massage therapist has been charged with three more sex crimes, in addition to the 11 he was already facing.
The Douglas County District Attorney's Office on Monday filed a second amended complaint charging Aaron P. Borger, who worked at Baldwin City's Om Grown Yoga & Wellness Collective, with one additional count of rape and two additional counts of sexual battery. The new charges involve ...
