Lawrence Public Safety Headlines for September 22, 2022

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Lawrence Police Department's new domestic violence response team seeks better investigations, victim protection]( The Lawrence Police Department is creating a new domestic violence response team that aims to better investigate those incidents and do more to protect victims. The police department provided information about the response team as part of the ... [Lawrence Police Department's new domestic violence response team seeks better investigations, victim protection]( By: Rochelle Valverde The Lawrence Police Department is creating a new domestic violence response team that aims to better investigate those incidents and do more to protect victims. The police department provided information about the response team as part of the ... September 21, 2022 @ 7:29pm [Lawrence man charged with distributing drugs that caused a death and injured two others]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man was charged Wednesday in Douglas County District Court with distributing a drug that caused a death and that injured two other people. Logan Hastie Morgan, 22, faces one felony count of distribution of a controlled substance ... September 22, 2022 @ 9:58am [Lawrence police blotter for Sept. 21, 2022]( 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 ... September 21, 2022 @ 2:38pm [Former Lawrence police officer is under investigation for sexually biased policing while working for sheriff’s office and LPD]( By: Chris Conde Updated at 6:58 p.m. Wednesday A man who worked at both the Lawrence Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is at risk of losing his certification to be a law enforcement officer after allegations of sexually biased ... September 21, 2022 @ 1:41pm [Douglas County Emergency Management to host training exercise involving multiple agencies at Youth Sports Complex]( By: Staff report Douglas County Emergency Management will host a full-scale training exercise Friday in Lawrence. The purpose of the exercise, which will involve multiple agencies, is for emergency personnel to practice hazardous materials and patient-handling ... September 21, 2022 @ 11:21am [Kansas man sentenced for performing illegal autopsies]( By: Associated Press TOPEKA — A Kansas man who admitted running an illegal autopsy scheme has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for wire fraud. Shawn Parcells, 42, who lived in Topeka and Leawood, was sentenced Monday in federal court to one count of ... September 21, 2022 @ 9:26am [Sheriff's deputy reprimanded for using Taser on boy with autism who was restrained]( By: Associated Press TOPEKA — A state law enforcement oversight board reprimanded a Kansas sheriff's deputy who used his Taser on a 12-year-old boy with autism while the boy was handcuffed and hogtied in the deputy's vehicle. However, the Kansas Commission on ... September 21, 2022 @ 9:19am [Lawrence police blotter for Sept. 20, 2022]( 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 ... September 20, 2022 @ 10:38pm [Husband and wife who were charged with criminal sodomy in Douglas County enter pleas to lesser crimes]( By: Chris Conde A husband and wife who were both charged with felony sex crimes pleaded no contest Tuesday in Douglas County District Court to lesser crimes of battery and theft. Michalia Danielle Williams, 25, and Joshua Michael Williams, 35, of Belton, ... September 20, 2022 @ 4:38pm [Trial date set for Albert Wilson’s wrongful conviction lawsuit; state has denied wrongdoing]( By: Chris Conde A trial has been scheduled for next summer in a wrongful conviction lawsuit that a man accused of rape filed against the State of Kansas. The man, Albert Wilson, 26, of Wichita, was convicted of rape in Douglas County District Court in January ... September 20, 2022 @ 2:30pm [Judge tosses most convictions against KU researcher over work in China]( By: MARGARET STAFFORD, Associated Press Updated at 3:13 p.m. Tuesday A federal judge on Tuesday threw out three of four convictions against a Kansas researcher accused of illegally concealing work he was doing at a Chinese university while working at the University of Kansas, leaving ... September 20, 2022 @ 1:09pm 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