A man whose arrest involved agencies from two counties and disrupted traffic on Sixth Street on Saturday is from Lawrence, and he's charged in Johnson County with aggravated assault, according to court records. Christopher DeMarcus Bolden, 36, is charged in Johnson County District Court with ...
A Lawrence man was sentenced on Tuesday to just under five years in prison for biting a Douglas County corrections officer on the leg. The man, Cetewayo M. Ragins, 43, was convicted by a jury in February of biting the officer in June of 2024 after he was arrested on another charge. Judge Amy ...
Updated at 4:57 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 A Lawrence man who has been accused, for years now, of harassing and disruptive behavior at public meetings has been permanently banned from Lawrence school district property and has been informed that he will be arrested if he shows up there again. That's ...
A parent dropped off a gym bag containing a gun to Lawrence High School Tuesday morning, according to police. The bag was meant for a student, and police believe the gun being in the bag was "unknowing and unintentional," according to Sgt. Drew Fennelly, "but it does serve as a good reminder ...
Lawrence High School's principal sent a note to staff and student families Monday alerting them to a "safety concern" and a student who is being investigated, but provided almost no other information about the incident. The principal, Quentin Rials, wrote that school resource officers were at ...
A Lawrence man who once was given a reprieve amid a 26-year prison sentence spent the next decade committing new crimes and has now been sentenced to three more years in prison. Jason Lee Ellison, 42, pleaded no contest in March to one felony count of criminal threat. The charge had ...