Lawrence Public Safety Headlines for August 28, 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]( [Just Food temporarily suspends production downtown after Chop Shop fire]( Just Food announced Tuesday that its food production operation in downtown Lawrence will be temporarily suspended due to a fire. The incident — reportedly related to an oven fire — occurred shortly before 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at Just Food's ... [Just Food temporarily suspends production downtown after Chop Shop fire]( By: Staff report Just Food announced Tuesday that its food production operation in downtown Lawrence will be temporarily suspended due to a fire. The incident — reportedly related to an oven fire — occurred shortly before 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at Just Food's ... August 28, 2024 @ 9:25am [Lawrence police blotter for August 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 ... August 27, 2024 @ 5:25pm [Small fire at Liberty Hall earlier this month caused by 'smoke eater' unit in basement]( By: Staff report A fire that broke out earlier this month at Liberty Hall in downtown Lawrence has been deemed an accident — the result of a mechanical failure in a filtration unit in the historic building's basement. According to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire ... August 27, 2024 @ 4:00pm [25-year-old pleads no contest to endangerment; he's ordered to surrender handgun used in road incident]( By: Kim Callahan A Tecumseh man originally charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon pleaded no contest to misdemeanor endangerment Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. Ethan Stephens, 25, pleaded no contest to the amended complaint after his ... August 27, 2024 @ 3:47pm [Douglas County jury acquits houseguest of stealing handgun; verdict is 2nd trial loss for DA's Office in less than a week]( By: Kim Callahan A Douglas County jury on Tuesday found a man not guilty of gun theft, the second acquittal in less than a week for the Douglas County District Attorney's Office. Kavaun Clark, after a two-day trial, was quickly acquitted after jurors found ... August 27, 2024 @ 3:00pm [Lawrence man allegedly leads deputies on chase, destroying fire hydrant, damaging field, while on bond in 4 other flee and elude cases]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man who is currently facing charges in multiple cases for running from police and damaging property in the process was allegedly behind the wheel again on Monday driving on the river levee trail before crashing into a fire hydrant and ... August 27, 2024 @ 12:33pm [Judge dismisses rape case against Lawrence man who was facing trial in October]( By: Staff report An October rape trial for a Lawrence man will no longer occur after Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez asked the court to dismiss the case. Malachi Trenton Starr, 23, was accused of raping a woman in a car on April 30, 2022, as the ... August 27, 2024 @ 10:57am [Lawrence police blotter for Aug 24-26, 2024]( By: Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity over the weekend. 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 ... August 26, 2024 @ 6:16pm [Final defendant sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2022 attack on off-duty Lawrence police officer]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday for striking an off-duty police officer with a tire iron in 2022. He is the fifth and final defendant to be sentenced in the case. The man, Zachary Taylor Maddux, 20, of Lawrence, ... August 26, 2024 @ 11:50am 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