Updated at 5:28 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023
A Pomona man who is alleged to have provided the tire iron used in the attack on an off-duty Lawrence police officer was ordered to stand trial Wednesday in Douglas County District Court.
The man, Xaviar Dean Anderson, 19, was bound over for trial by Judge Stacey Donovan on one felony count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, one felony count of conspiracy ...
A 16-year-old boy was sentenced on Monday in Douglas County District Court to three years of probation in connection with a 2021 shooting in North Lawrence that injured a young woman.
Eduardo Martinez-Diaz, 16, was one of three teens who were alleged to have gotten out of their vehicle and fired multiple rounds at another vehicle, hitting Caylee Nehrbass in the head on May 27, 2021. Nehrbass was a passenger in ...
A Lawrence man who is accused of killing his wife is waiting for a bed at Larned State Hospital after having been declared incompetent to stand trial, and his lawyer said Tuesday that 100 people were still in line before him.
Chad Joseph Marek, 27, is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing Regan Marek, 25, on May 16, 2022. Marek told a 911 dispatcher that God told him to kill her, according to ...
A Topeka man was sentenced on Monday in Douglas County District Court to nearly 4 years in prison after accepting a plea deal that resolved four cases in which he was accused of kidnapping a woman twice, choking her and threatening her with a kitchen knife.
Chance Andrew Kenney, 26, pleaded no contest to one felony count of aggravated domestic battery, one felony count of aggravated intimidation of a witness ...
A Lawrence man pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court to involuntary manslaughter for causing a crash while driving under the influence on New Year's Day 2022, killing a 20-year-old man and seriously injuring another.
The man, Adrian Joel Martinez, 39, entered his plea for one felony count of involuntary manslaughter and one felony count of aggravated battery. He was originally charged with ...
A Douglas County District Court judge on Friday denied a request from a former Lawrence police officer accused of rape to try his case in a different venue.
The ex-officer, Jonathan Gardner, 41, of Tonganoxie, requested the change of venue because, as he argued through his attorney John DeMarco, he could not get a fair trial in Douglas County because the case had become too well-known.
However, Judge Sally ...
