A 34-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Friday and later charged with a violent sex crime, according to police and the Douglas County Jail booking log. Just before 1 a.m. Friday, Lawrence police officers were called to the 700 block of Lincoln Street to reports of a disturbance possibly ...
A 23-year-old Lawrence man was arrested at a strip club early Saturday morning on suspicion of an alleged aggravated assault at a different business about an hour prior. Sgt. Amy Rhoads, public affairs officer for the Lawrence Police Department, told the Journal-World via email that officers ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday and includes 285 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A man was severely injured in a single-vehicle wreck in North Lawrence Friday afternoon. The wreck on North Third Street happened at about 3:20 p.m., Jenn Hethcoat, a spokeswoman for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, said in an email to the Journal-World. At the scene of the wreck, a ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 312 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has appointed six members to the 911 Coordinating Council, including the University of Kansas’ assistant director of public safety, Elizabeth Phillips, in an attempt to include more nontraditional agencies. The 911 Coordinating Council monitors the delivery of 911 ...
Story updated at 2:58 p.m. Friday The Clinton Presbyterian Church in rural Douglas County caught fire and burned down early Friday morning, leaving charred rubble where a century-old community landmark once stood. Pam Johnston, clerk of session for the church, told the Journal-World that ...
Two men allegedly attempted to avoid being arrested Thursday in separate Lawrence incidents, and they may have made things more difficult for themselves as a result. At 1:50 a.m. Thursday, an officer tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic infraction near 11th and Massachusetts streets, Sgt. ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has verified the identity of a man who was killed in a single-vehicle crash in July. Avery Mojica, 21, of Lawrence, was the only occupant of his vehicle, heading northbound in the 1300 block of East 1900 Road around 11:45 p.m. Friday, July 26. The vehicle ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 368 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
After his arrest Sunday in Johnson County, it’s not clear how or why Amadou Oury Bah, 32, of Phoenix, ended up in Omaha, Neb. But that’s where police picked him up as an alleged fugitive of justice, according to the Lawrence Police Department. Bah is the suspect in an Aug. 13 burglary ...
Three people were injured in an apparent head-on collision Tuesday in southern Lawrence, according to police. The wreck may have been intentional, Patrick Compton, a spokesman for the department, said via email Wednesday. He said officers were dispatched around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to the ...
A man whose motorcycle collided with an SUV on Friday near 23rd Street and East Hills Drive is still hospitalized, police say. Patrick Compton, a spokesman for the department, said via email Wednesday that the 37-year-old motorcyclist, who was taken to a Kansas City-area trauma center with ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 336 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story updated at 5:06 p.m. Wednesday TOPEKA — Authorities said Wednesday that they've dismantled a major drug-trafficking operation in northeast Kansas responsible for a college student's fatal overdose in 2017, resulting in criminal charges against more than 50 people. Federal and local ...
Police have released the name of the woman who died after an accident on the night of Aug. 20. Elizabeth Ann Allen, 24, of Lawrence, was riding her moped in the 2700 block of Haskell Avenue when a pickup truck hit her, police said. Officers were called to the scene around 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will never ask you for money to deal with legal issues or to avoid being arrested. That’s a message that Jenn Hethcoat, a department spokeswoman, wants to ensure Lawrence and Douglas County residents know. In a phone scam that has made the rounds in ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday and includes 318 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A jury on Monday convicted a Lawrence man of criminal discharge of a gun at an occupied dwelling, according to a news release from the Douglas County district attorney. Michael A. Hormell, 20, fired gunshots into a home in the 400 block of North Street on Jan. 24, 2018. Five adults and two ...
One of three teens involved in a burglary of a gun shop in Eudora has entered a plea deal that will resolve four cases in which he’s charged. The boy was 15 at the time that he, another 15-year-old and Stevan Rios, then 18, were arrested on suspicion of breaking into Free State Guns and ...