Defense attorney stays in Baldwin shooting case

A Baldwin man accused of shooting his neighbor’s boyfriend will be allowed to keep his attorney, District Judge Jack Murphy ruled Monday.

Stephen Meeker, 34, is accused of shooting Steven Swafford, 31, on Oct. 14, 2001.

Meeker’s first trial ended April 3 in a hung jury. During the trial, Meeker’s attorney, Jim Rumsey, took the stand to refute testimony that Rumsey knew about a conversation between a sheriff’s lieutenant and a witness.

The District Attorney’s Office filed a motion asking that Rumsey be removed from the case because he testified in the first trial.

Murphy said it was unlikely Rumsey would testify in the second trial, which is scheduled to begin July 10. He also said removing Rumsey from the case would be a hardship for Meeker.

Teen-ager charged for threatening 9-year-olds

Lawrence Police arrested a 13-year-old boy accused of threatening two other children with a knife.

According to a police report made available Tuesday, two 9-year-old boys said they were threatened around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday as they were walking in the 200 block of West 25th Street.

Police found the suspect in the area. He was arrested and taken to the Juvenile Detention Center on charges of aggravated assault and making criminal threats.

Brain researcher to speak at KU Medical Center

Kansas City, Kan. A leading researcher in determining how the brain stores memory will speak Thursday at Kansas University Medical Center.

William Greenough, chair of the department of psychology, psychiatry and cell and structural biology at the University of Illinois, will speak at noon in Ricke Auditorium at the Med Center.

The speech is part of the Kansas Colloquia on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.