A dispute between the Douglas County district attorney and the sheriff is continuing, with the DA issuing more subpoenas seeking testimony about the credibility of officers in the sheriff's department.
Douglas County Sheriff Jay Armbrister continues to object to those subpoenas as an overreach on the part of the district attorney. All this comes after a Douglas County District Court judge late last month ...
A special prosecutor has been appointed to handle the case of a former Raintree Montessori School employee who's accused of committing child sex crimes at the school, and the ex-employee's attorney hopes to resolve the case without going to trial.
Mateo Emilio Clavel Wills, 20, is charged with four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of 14 — two counts involving a 3-year-old and ...
A sexual battery charge was refiled against a man just hours after it was dismissed because the alleged 16-year-old victim was unable to travel to a hearing.
The man, Isaiah Jamin Duckworth, 35, of Lawrence, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of aggravated sexual battery of a person who is overcome by force or by fear, according to the charging document. The incident is alleged ...
A man accused of raping two women in 2020 after a New Year's Eve party told a detective that everything he did was consensual and he was being falsely accused, jurors heard Tuesday in Douglas County District Court.
Jurors also heard the detective's interview with one of the women, who said she had been drinking all night and couldn't remember what had happened after the party.
The trial for Chastleton Jordan ...
The law enforcement certification of a former Lawrence police officer and Douglas County sheriff’s deputy has been revoked after he was found to have engaged in sexually biased policing and to be lacking in moral character.
Brad Williams worked for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office from March 2011 through May 2017 and at the Lawrence Police Department from May 2017 through Jan. 6, 2021, when he resigned. ...
A Kansas City, Missouri, man was charged on Friday with selling drugs that allegedly led to a death in Douglas County.
The man, Daniele Francesco Leone, 32, faces one felony count of distribution of a controlled substance causing death, according to charging documents.
The charge is in connection with the fentanyl overdose death of Nickolas Joseph Byrum, 32, of Lawrence, who died on March 15, 2021. According ...
