An Overbrook woman who was accused of assaulting a man by pulling a gun on him in a parking lot in Baldwin City was acquitted by jurors on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court.
The jury deliberated for just over an hour before returning a not guilty verdict for Starr Wayne Hart, 46, who had been charged with one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Hart's charge stemmed from an incident on June ...
A Lawrence man was sentenced on Monday in Douglas County District Court to five years in prison for throwing bricks at passing cars and smashing windows at several businesses in 2021.
The man, John Timothy Price, 35, was convicted by a Douglas County jury in December of two felony counts of aggravated assault for throwing brick pavers at cars as they passed him on the roadway, multiple felony and misdemeanor ...
The Kansas Attorney General's Office plans to retain an expert to review the cause of death of a baby who is at the center of a Lawrence woman’s claim of wrongful conviction and imprisonment.
The woman, Carrody Buchhorn, is seeking $368,986 in damages and $25,000 in attorney fees, in accordance with state law, for the 2,072 days she spent on house arrest, in county jail or in a Kansas prison after she was ...
A Lawrence man waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Friday in Douglas County District Court in hopes of resolving child pornography charges through criminal mediation.
Michael William Wicks, 53, is charged with one felony count of sexual exploitation of a child by promoting a performance of a child under the age of 14 and one felony count of aggravated internet trading in child pornography, according ...
A former Lawrence police officer charged with rape, multiple counts of officer misconduct and other crimes said Friday that he has no intention of taking a plea deal and is ready to go to trial on the charges.
The ex-officer, Jonathan Mark Gardner, 42, of Tonganoxie, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of rape, 17 felony counts of unlawful use of computers and 17 misdemeanor counts of ...
A Lawrence man was ordered Thursday to stand trial for multiple child sex crimes, and his attorney wants his alleged confession to be suppressed after the man was allegedly beaten by one of the child's relatives.
Brandon Warren Kissinger, 29, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and two counts of indecent liberties with a child, all felonies, ...
