A Lawrence man with a lengthy criminal record narrowly avoided a prison term Wednesday for felony criminal threat after a Douglas County judge granted a departure from the state sentencing guidelines and gave him probation instead. “If you have the least misstep” while on probation, Judge ...
A woman is in custody after a babysitter reported being attacked at Centennial Park on Tuesday while holding a 4-year-old child, Lawrence police said on social media. The Lawrence Police Department said in a Facebook post that police were called to the park at 2124 W. Ninth St. around 12:30 ...
A 22-year-old Lawrence man who shot and injured his parents last year is now facing a charge of involuntary manslaughter in Shawnee County. Dalton Vale Turner was arrested Tuesday morning on a warrant during a traffic stop by Lawrence police. The warrant was out of Shawnee County, where ...
A large fight ensued Saturday night at a Lawrence bar after a bartender received a receipt with an obscenity and racial slur written on it and asked for a man to be removed, according to Lawrence police. Three men ended up being arrested as a result of the fight, which occurred just after ...
A 57-year-old Lawrence man was found guilty Monday of aggravated indecent liberties with a child for a sex crime that occurred 10 years ago. The man, Scott W. Waisner, pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child between 14 and 16 years old for an incident on ...
NBA player Terrence Shannon is reportedly preparing to sue the Douglas County District Attorney's Office and the Lawrence Police Department for malicious prosecution after Shannon was quickly acquitted of rape earlier this summer. Last year Shannon, then a player for the University of Illinois ...