Topeka ? The Kansas Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a lower court that denied a petition to release a man being held as a sexually violent predator, but said it was "deeply troubled" by the way his due process rights have been handled.Matthew B. Griffin has been confined at Larned State ...
The length of time police spend investigating campus sexual assault reports — and what ultimately becomes of those reports — varies widely. Typically, police publicly share little to no details about the crime that allegedly occurred and factors affecting whether their investigation is ...
Many University of Kansas basketball fans and others are anxiously waiting to see who, if anyone, will be charged with the rape reported in December at the team’s on-campus apartment building. However, depending on evidence and other factors, there’s no legal requirement that has to happen ...
A portion of the investigation into a December car vandalism possibly involving two University of Kansas basketball players is complete, the Douglas County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.The Lawrence Police Department submitted an affidavit on Thursday to the DA's office, said Cheryl ...
The City of Lawrence has begun its search for a new police chief, and city leaders are looking for someone ready to lead a police department in the midst of significant changes. “I think you need to have strong leadership capabilities,” City Manager Tom Markus said. “It’s a large ...
The Baldwin City Police Department is attempting to identify two men seen leaving the scene of a shooting Tuesday evening.Baldwin City Police Chief Greg Neis said the 26-year-old man who was shot is not cooperating with investigators in the case. The man was shot shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday at ...
A sex crime was reported Tuesday afternoon, police say. This is the second such crime reported this week. Tuesday's report was called in to police at 4:26 p.m., according to Lawrence Police Department activity logs. One officer responded to the call.The second sex crime was reported at 3:19 ...
More than four months have passed since Lawrence's former mayor, Jeremy Farmer, was convicted of transporting stolen money across state lines and he is still awaiting sentencing.On Sept. 28 Farmer pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom in Topeka to one felony count of transportation of stolen ...
A Lawrence man faces felony charges after he was accused of threatening another man with a box cutter and harming an animal and damaging a television.Zachary Ryan Krehbiel, 23, is currently scheduled to appear in court Thursday for a bond appearance, court records show. He faces felony charges ...
Lawrence police are searching for a man accused of robbing a fast-food restaurant on Sunday. Just before 7:45 a.m. a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt entered Taco Bell, 1220 W. Sixth St., and demanded money, said Lawrence Police Sgt. Amy Rhoads.The suspect pointed "something" at a ...
Two Kansas City, Kan., men were arrested Monday after deputies say they broke into a Douglas County home and stole a number of weapons.Shortly before 11 a.m., a rural county resident called the Douglas County Sheriff's Office to report that two men — later identified as Carlos Edward James, ...
After being suspended three games, University of Kansas men’s basketball player Carlton Bragg Jr. was expected to be back in uniform Monday night against Kansas State. Off court, Bragg’s recent drug paraphernalia case appears to be wrapped up.Bragg was charged Jan. 30 with one count of ...
Lawrence Police are investigating after a man crashed his car into a parked SUV in the 700 block of West 25th Street early Monday morning.The crash was reported to emergency dispatchers around 1:10 a.m.Radio traffic from Lawrence Fire Medical units at the scene indicated that damage to the ...
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Between 1998 and 2015, three Lawrence Police Department officers were stripped of their certification to be law enforcement officers in the state.But since August of 2015, it has been a different story. Already one former LPD member has been decertified, and two other former officers are ...
In recent weeks, members of the highly-ranked University of Kansas men’s basketball team have made national headlines due to off-court incidents.Nearly half the team has been interviewed in an ongoing KU police investigation of a rape reported at the team’s on-campus apartment building. One ...
A man suspected of robbing a Lawrence gas station with a hammer was arrested on Thursday.Matthew James Stephens, 18, of Lawrence, was arrested on suspicion of felony aggravated robbery and booked into the Douglas County Jail, according to the jail's online booking logs.Stephens is accused of ...
Two University of Kansas men’s basketball players are persons of interest in a car vandalism case being investigated by Lawrence police, according to a Kansas City Star report published online Thursday.“Multiple sources have told The Kansas City Star” that Lagerald Vick and Josh Jackson ...
A 911 call made from inside McCarthy Hall offers a look into why police responded to the University of Kansas apartment building in mid-December for an incident that has turned into a rape investigation.The Journal-World requested 911 calls related to a reported rape, runaway and use or ...
A Lawrence woman is accused of sexually abusing a child in Lyon County.Marcella Antoinette Langston, 18, was arrested in Lawrence Wednesday afternoon, according to the Douglas County Jail’s online booking logs. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Kristen Dymacek said deputies arrested ...