A Lawrence man is facing a charge of attempted second-degree murder, among others, in Douglas County District Court. Geryan Joseph Murdock, 21, was arrested at his home on a probable cause warrant Friday afternoon, according to the Douglas County Jail booking log. The complaint in a pending ...
A dwindling inmate population at the Douglas County Jail is educated about guidelines that public health officials have issued in the wake of the global pandemic coronavirus disease, COVID-19, but some women are still double-booked in cells, a spokeswoman said Friday. Nationwide, advocates ...
A Lawrence police officer has tested positive for the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, the department said Friday. The officer first experienced symptoms late Tuesday and "immediately took steps to limit exposure to other persons," according to a news release from the Lawrence Police ...
A Lawrence man accused of possessing child pornography has been employed in two positions working with or around children, the Journal-World has found. Bruce S. Springsteen, 62, was charged March 6 with three counts of sexual exploitation of a child. The complaint filed against him alleges ...
Updated at 1:42 p.m. Friday: A global pandemic would not be complete without scammers looking to capitalize on people’s fears and anxiety, but you can protect yourself and your loved ones, even from afar, with a little bit of knowledge. One scam that’s making the rounds involves ...
Updated at 10:35 a.m. Thursday: Chief Judge James McCabria sent out an email Wednesday to address some frequently asked questions that the Douglas County District Court has received after the Kansas Supreme Court’s order restricting court operations to emergencies only. Prompted by the ...
A spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department said Wednesday that officers acted fast to prevent what could have been a tragic incident last month. As the Journal-World reported Tuesday, Lawrence police officers Joshua Doncouse and Ian McCann stopped a man who they believed was readying an ...
Updated at 3:40 p.m. Thursday: A man who was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for stroke symptoms suffered debilitating injuries and partial paralysis as the result of a doctor’s negligence, a lawsuit alleges. Lawrence attorney Jerry Levy wrote in court documents that his client seeks ...
Lawrence police stopped a man who they believed was readying to shoot at crowds in one of the city’s most popular bar districts, according to court documents. Dayson Gage Kelley, 18, was charged in Douglas County District Court on March 3 with two counts of aggravated assault on law ...
Visitation is suspended at the Douglas County Jail in accordance with the “stay at home” order that went into effect Tuesday, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Jenn Hethcoat, public information officer, said via email Tuesday that inmates will be allowed two free ...
Story updated at 4:01 p.m. Tuesday: An athletic trainer at the University of Kansas was aware of “at least some reports of unwarranted and unwanted touching” by a massage therapist who worked with female student athletes, university leaders said Tuesday. Shawn P. O’Brien, who has been ...
Updated at 9:32 a.m. Tuesday: A Eudora man was charged Monday in connection with a reported stabbing that left a man with life-threatening injuries on Friday in Lawrence. Lawrence police arrested Maurice Antonius Atkins, 31, at an apartment in the 700 block of West 25th Street Friday ...
Douglas County Youth Services currently has halted in-person visitation but has no plan in place to release youths who have health concerns, a county leader said recently. Meanwhile, at the state and national levels, youth justice advocacy groups have written letters pushing for youths to be ...
As Rontarus Washington Jr. left the courtroom on Oct. 4, 2019, following a hung jury in his murder trial, he told his mother, “Wipe them tears; they can’t keep me forever.” That was before the coronavirus disease became a global pandemic and the Kansas Supreme Court suspended speedy ...
The Douglas County district attorney’s office will be closed to the public through Friday, April 3, according to Cheryl Wright Kunard, assistant to DA Charles Branson. The closure comes “(f)ollowing a multitude of orders and recommendations” by public health officials at the national, ...
A man suffered life-threatening injuries in an incident in Lawrence Friday afternoon, police said. Just after 2 p.m., Lawrence police officers were dispatched to a residence in the 700 block of West 25th Street regarding an unknown emergency, LPD spokesman Patrick Compton said via email ...
Lawrence police investigated multiple calls involving weapons or gunshots Thursday night. However, it did not appear that any shots were actually fired, and in two unrelated incidents, both guns turned out to be BB guns, a department spokesman said. Around 9:30 p.m., officers were dispatched ...
The Lawrence Police Department and Douglas County Sheriff’s Office are responding to calls for service with phone calls whenever they can in order to help “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both agencies have made some changes to procedures in recent days, and there may be ...
All district and appellate courts in Kansas are to conduct only emergency operations “until further order,” the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, and “no action will be dismissed for lack of prosecution.” The directive comes amid growing concerns about the coronavirus disease. Only ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office had not yet made any changes to visitation at the jail as of Wednesday afternoon, but one would-be inmate had been released to self-quarantine. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many public facilities around the country have closed to visitors — including ...