A man accused of breaking a Lawrence police officer's nose has been charged with three crimes in the case and has been ordered to undergo a competency exam to see whether he is fit to stand trial.
The officer is recovering and hopes to be back on the streets before the New Year, the Journal-World has learned. Laura McCabe, a spokeswoman for the Lawrence Police Department, said Tuesday that surgeons had ...
A public wrong deserves a public punishment, a special prosecutor is arguing in the disciplinary case of Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez.
An informal admonition is not enough to address the professional misconduct of Valdez, Special Prosecutor Kimberly Bonifas has argued to the Kansas Supreme Court in a brief filed this week and released Tuesday. Bonifas argues that such a penalty has already ...
A Lawrence man with an extensive criminal history allegedly walked out of Lawrence's Best Buy store Saturday with over $4,000 in stolen merchandise.
Police were called to the store, 2020 W. 31st St., around 6:30 p.m. about a suspected shoplifting in progress. An officer was led back to the security camera area and viewed the activity live, LPD spokeswoman Laura McCabe said Monday. The man left the store with ...
A former employee of an elder care facility in Lawrence who was accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a resident was found guilty Friday of attempted mistreatment of a dependent adult.
The defendant, Honesty Trussell, 25, pleaded no contest to that felony in a deal with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office. She had originally been charged with felony mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder ...
In the wake of a Lawrence city commissioner expressing ongoing concerns about abusive behavior at public meetings, a city department head has spoken out about similar issues, alleging that city staff members have been subjected to not just highly uncivil, but also criminal behavior, as they perform their jobs.
“Where else can you go to work and be verbally assaulted, bullied, screamed at while spit is flying ...
A Lawrence city commissioner has returned to the commission meeting room during general public comment after having absented herself for about two months, but whether she will remain in the room is an open question.
Commissioner Amber Sellers posted a statement to social media in early September, saying that because some members of the public repeatedly engaged in abusive personal attacks and a level of ...
