A second man involved in an armed robbery in Lawrence pleaded guilty to the charges on Thursday while the third man connected to the case remains at large. Wesley James Tolbert, 25, Lawrence, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated robbery and one count of aggravated burglary. He was apprehended by U.S. Marshals in April. The charges stem from an incident where Tolbert along with two other men allegedly ...
Updated at 2:43 p.m. Friday Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez added her name to a joint letter of elected prosecutors who will not pursue cases against women who seek an abortion or against health care providers who perform the procedure, calling criminalization of abortion care “a mockery of justice.” The letter was released Friday by Fair and Just Prosecution and lists 83 prosecutors ...
A man charged with rape waived is right to a preliminary hearing on Thursday in Douglas County District Court. The man, Marlon G. Clark Jr., 19, of Kansas City, Kansas, is charged with one count of rape, which is a level-one felony. The charge relates to an incident on June 11, 2021, when he is accused of engaging in sexual intercourse with an 18-year-old woman without her consent. Clark appeared via Zoom ...
An arrest affidavit recently obtained by the Journal-World details how a Lawrence woman allegedly obtained black market pills that ended up killing her boyfriend. The woman, Chloe Lyn Colby, 21, is charged with one count of distribution of a controlled substance causing death. The charge relates to an incident on April 17, 2021, when she is alleged to have provided counterfeit Oxycodone to her boyfriend, ...
Updated at 6:16 p.m. Thursday A former Douglas County employee was sentenced Thursday in Douglas County District Court to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years in a child sex crime case. Timothy Glen Martins, 47, was convicted in May of four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of indecent liberties with a child. One of the convictions of aggravated ...
A Lawrence man was ordered to stand trial Tuesday in Douglas County District Court on multiple counts of criminal damage and battery against a law enforcement officer — after previously having been ordered to stand trial in a separate case where he is alleged to have thrown bricks at passing cars. The man, John Timothy Price, 34, in the most recent preliminary hearing is charged with four counts of criminal ...