Lawrence Public Safety Headlines for September 5, 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]( [Argument on Lawrence city bus leads to knives being pulled, one arrest]( An altercation on a Lawrence city bus Wednesday ended with knives being pulled and one arrest being made, according to Lawrence police. A little after 5:30 p.m. officers were called to the 2400 block of Venture Park Drive for reports of a ... [Argument on Lawrence city bus leads to knives being pulled, one arrest]( By: Kim Callahan An altercation on a Lawrence city bus Wednesday ended with knives being pulled and one arrest being made, according to Lawrence police. A little after 5:30 p.m. officers were called to the 2400 block of Venture Park Drive for reports of a ... September 5, 2024 @ 10:51am [Man accused of chasing couple with hatchet pleads not guilty, gets December trial date]( By: Kim Callahan A man accused of chasing a couple with a hatchet last year near a homeless camp in North Lawrence pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Douglas County District Court, and a trial date was set for late fall. Brandon Eugene Snow, 33, was originally ... September 4, 2024 @ 4:35pm [Judge delays plea hearing for 6 weeks so that conviction won't show up on man's background check for job]( By: Kim Callahan A Douglas County judge on Wednesday delayed a plea hearing for a man accused of recklessly discharging a firearm so that the conviction would not show up during an employer’s upcoming background check of the man. Michael Page, the defense ... September 4, 2024 @ 3:59pm [Man originally charged with attempted murder in Motel 6 shooting gets plea deal for aggravated battery]( By: Kim Callahan A Lawrence man who was charged last year with attempted first-degree murder after allegedly shooting a man was found guilty Wednesday in Douglas County District Court of the lesser crime of aggravated battery. Evan Gauge Heffner, 19, pleaded no ... September 4, 2024 @ 12:49pm [Lawrence man found guilty of battering police officer, felony flee and elude]( By: Kim Callahan A Lawrence man was found guilty Wednesday in Douglas County District Court of recklessly fleeing from police and battering an officer. The defendant, Michael Andrew Smith, 40, as part of a deal with the District Attorney’s Office, pleaded ... September 4, 2024 @ 12:22pm [Pornography case against former Lawrence janitor dismissed after attorney tells court alleged victim was an adult, not a child; witness doesn't appear]( By: Kim Callahan The case against a former Lawrence school district janitor was abruptly dismissed Tuesday in Douglas County District Court after his attorney informed the judge that the pornography he was alleged to have possessed was of an adult woman, not of ... September 3, 2024 @ 3:33pm 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