Douglas County jail holding man on ICE immigration warrant after arrest on driver’s license violation, open container
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The Douglas County Jail is shown in this file photo from February 2015.
A Lawrence man is being held on Wednesday in the Douglas County Jail without a bond on a warrant from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A 24-year-old Lawrence man was arrested around 10 p.m. Tuesday night on several minor infractions including no valid driver’s license, no insurance, transporting an open container, and failure to appear for a traffic violation. He was granted an own-recognizance bond in connection with the new allegations, meaning he was not required to pay any money to be released from jail. He paid a cash bond in connection with the failure to appear warrant.
However, the last entry in the jail booking log for the man said that he was being detained without a bond in connection with a warrant hold from ICE.
The jail’s inmate roster confirmed that he was still in custody Wednesday morning. The jail log indicates that the man was arrested by Lawrence police at Joe’s Kwik Mart, 2330 Iowa St.
Lawrence police first made contact with the man after an officer spotted the man driving without headlights and pulled the man over, said Laura McCabe with the Lawrence Police Department. The officer then noticed a bottle of alcohol in the car but the officer did not suspect the man was driving under the influence but arrested him in connection with an outstanding misdemeanor warrant, she said.
The Journal-World has reached out to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the ICE warrant.