A Lawrence man pleaded guilty to two counts of rape Friday in Douglas County District Court and will face nearly 38 years in prison when he is sentenced this summer. The defendant, Kenneth Wayne Soap, 46, committed the crimes in 2009. Pursuant to a search warrant, police found photos and ...
Updated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 1 A teen who was acquitted four months ago of aggravated assault with a gun was arrested Friday on suspicion of armed robbery. Jayse Michael Sloop, 18, was taken into custody around midnight. The Douglas County Jail booking log indicates that the arrest ...
A 24-year-old man who was operating a vehicle with more than four times the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream was convicted of his fourth DUI — a felony — on Thursday in Douglas County District Court. The defendant, Hunter Neis, was arrested for his fourth DUI in August of last ...
“A dragnet of cameras,” “a new level of surveillance,” “Big Brother.” These are all things members of the community said on Wednesday night at a listening session about Lawrence police’s camera registry and aggregation program, and Chief Rich Lockhart is adamant that none of them ...
A senior apartment complex just south of downtown Lawrence was evacuated late Wednesday morning after a fire in one of the units. No one was injured in the incident, Battalion Chief Aaron Flory said, but one unit was fire-damaged and multiple units were water-damaged by sprinklers. He said the ...
A man who pointed a fake rifle at two people out of the backseat window of a car was convicted of felony criminal threat on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. Tzaddi Fouch Jennings, 33, was originally charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, which the criminal ...