A Lawrence man was charged Thursday in Douglas County District Court with three child sex crimes. Lazarious L. Gibson, 19, was charged with electronic solicitation of a minor and two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a minor. All three are high-level felonies. The charging ...
The city’s Community Police Review Board is concerned about the Lawrence police department’s process for dealing with potential complaints, with some board members saying that police’s role in deciding which concerns to investigate and the lack of transparency regarding that process is ...
Story updated at 2:37 p.m. Thursday Months after two motorists were recorded driving through protesters in Lawrence, the Douglas County district attorney’s office says charging decisions are still pending. Meanwhile, at least three defendants have been charged for similar allegations that ...
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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
The Lawrence Community Police Review Board has taken a first step in strengthening its review powers over complaints against police, including the ability to review all complaints filed by community members. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the board voted to advance various changes to 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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
An Overland Park man was charged Tuesday in connection with a reported robbery attempt and shooting that injured a teen in Lawrence last year. Brandon R. Jimenez, 34, was charged with second-degree attempted murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery and attempted aggravated robbery, all ...
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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
Family members of two girls who were sexually abused said during the abuser’s sentencing hearing Monday that they hoped he would suffer as much as his victims have. Brian M. Kennedy, 45, pleaded no contest and was convicted of one count of aggravated battery, a level-4 felony, and attempted ...
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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
A driver killed in a crash early Friday on Interstate 70 in western Leavenworth County was a woman from Topeka, according to an updated Kansas Highway Patrol report. Danielle Dolores Wyatt, 26, was driving a Ford Taurus westbound on I-70 near mile marker 209.2, which is about 5 miles east of ...
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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
The Lawrence Police Department serves one of the smaller “benchmark cities” in an annual report produced by the Overland Park Police Department, but it has one of the highest percentages of female officers, the report shows. The annual Benchmark Cities Survey, produced by staff of the ...
Two motorists were killed in separate accidents Friday in Leavenworth County. According to an online Kansas Highway Patrol accident report, Gary W. Story, 83, of Tonganoxie, was killed in a two-vehicle accident at 12:05 p.m. Friday at the intersection of U.S. Highway 24 and Stone Creek Drive ...
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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
The $80,000 settlement between the City of Lawrence and a Black driver who was shot by a rookie police officer after a traffic stop turned violent has been finalized. The driver, Akira Lewis, filed an excessive-force lawsuit in September 2019 against former Lawrence Police Officer Brindley ...
Members of Ellsworth County Fire and Rescue have credited a Lawrence woman and her friends with saving strangers’ lives from a fiery car crash. Makenzie Rodgers, 24, of Lawrence, was driving to Colorado for a vacation with her friends, Jacque Shorten, 23, and her husband Josh Shorten, 25, ...
A month into his prison sentence for four felonies, Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel remains in federal prison despite his request for home confinement. However, it remains unclear whether his request to serve his sentence at his Lawrence home is still under review or has been denied. Bureau ...
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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...