Lawrence Public Safety Headlines for October 10, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> Special Offer - All-Access to LJWorld.com $30 for 6 months - Just 17¢ per day! 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]( [Lawrence woman accused of killing dog and injuring woman in a hit-and-run applies for diversion]( A woman accused in a March hit-and-run that killed a dog and critically injured its owner has applied for a diversion in the case. Lasean Dixon, of Lawrence, made her first court appearance in September on a felony charge of leaving the scene ... [Lawrence woman accused of killing dog and injuring woman in a hit-and-run applies for diversion]( By: Kim Callahan A woman accused in a March hit-and-run that killed a dog and critically injured its owner has applied for a diversion in the case. Lasean Dixon, of Lawrence, made her first court appearance in September on a felony charge of leaving the scene ... October 9, 2024 @ 3:26pm [Teens from small town accuse man of drunkenly pulling gun on them as they visited downtown Lawrence; he's ordered to stand trial for aggravated assault]( By: Kim Callahan A 22-year-old Eudora man on Tuesday was ordered to stand trial on four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after witnesses testified that he pulled a gun on them out of the blue as they sat in a car in downtown Lawrence. The four ... October 9, 2024 @ 12:14pm [Lawrence man accused of murdering his wife in 2022 still undergoing mental health treatment, unable to stand trial]( By: Staff report A Lawrence man accused of murdering his wife over two years ago is still not fit to stand trial. Chad Marek's defense attorney, John Kerns, told Judge Stacey Donovan at a status conference on Wednesday in Douglas County District Court that ... October 9, 2024 @ 10:48am [Judge finds self-described 'monster' guilty of multiple sex crimes against children after 2-day trial]( By: Kim Callahan A Douglas County judge, after a two-day bench trial, on Tuesday found a Lawrence man guilty of multiple sex crimes against children in a long-running case in which the man had at one point described himself to police as a “monster” but then ... October 8, 2024 @ 8:31pm [Deputy DA tells court that man with 37 convictions 'can't be reformed'; judge gives him 17 years for armed home invasion]( By: Kim Callahan A Lawrence man who has racked up 37 criminal convictions in the past 30 years was sentenced on Tuesday to 17 years in prison for invading a Lawrence woman’s home at gunpoint and robbing her. Douglas County District Court Judge Stacey Donovan ... October 8, 2024 @ 12:04pm 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