Lawrence Public Safety Headlines for June 28, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> Special Offer - 40% off All-Access to LJWorld.com If you haven’t already, please consider supporting local journalism through a digital subscription to LJWorld.com. Subscribers are the No. 1 source of revenue that supports our local journalists. [Subscribe Today]( [15-year-old testifies that she was given cocaine in exchange for sex; judge orders man to stand trial for rape and other alleged crimes]( A 15-year-old girl testified on Thursday that a 24-year-old man had given her cocaine in exchange for sex and that when he found out how old she was the sex only grew more violent. The man, Kendrick Deandre Atkins, 25, is charged in Douglas ... [15-year-old testifies that she was given cocaine in exchange for sex; judge orders man to stand trial for rape and other alleged crimes]( By: Chris Conde A 15-year-old girl testified on Thursday that a 24-year-old man had given her cocaine in exchange for sex and that when he found out how old she was the sex only grew more violent. The man, Kendrick Deandre Atkins, 25, is charged in Douglas ... June 27, 2024 @ 5:41pm [Lawrence police blotter for June 27, 2024]( By: 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 ... June 27, 2024 @ 5:44pm [Affidavit alleges shelter resident violently strangled another shelter resident to death as witnesses looked on]( By: Chris Conde A recently released police affidavit alleges that a man violently strangled another man near the Lawrence Community Shelter, where both men were living. The defendant, George Miller, 34, is charged in Douglas County District Court with ... June 27, 2024 @ 4:28pm [Jury convicts man of beating woman with sex toy and damaging her home, but acquits him on more serious count of aggravated domestic battery]( By: Kim Callahan A Douglas County jury on Thursday convicted a Lawrence man of beating a woman with a sex toy after he found it in her nightstand drawer and allegedly became enraged. The jury also found the man guilty of criminal damage to property, but ... June 27, 2024 @ 3:53pm [Sentencing delayed in fentanyl overdose death case after defendant contests juvenile criminal history from 20 years ago]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man was scheduled to be sentenced to prison on Wednesday in connection with the fentanyl overdose death of a Lawrence teen but the hearing was continued after the man discovered that he could be sentenced to three times longer than he ... June 26, 2024 @ 5:27pm [Shawnee County judge denies Rontarus Washington’s request to withdraw guilty plea in armed robbery case and grants him probation]( By: Chris Conde A Shawnee County Judge denied Rontarus Washington’s request to withdraw his guilty plea on Tuesday in connection with an armed robbery at a gas station and granted him probation. Washington, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated ... June 26, 2024 @ 3:53pm You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044