A Lawrence man entered a guilty plea in Douglas County District Court this month to multiple counts of criminal sodomy involving two children who were under the age of 14.
Zachary Jonathan Lang, 38, pleaded guilty on Sept. 2, to four felony counts of aggravated criminal sodomy involving two children in his care between the ages of 8 and 12 years of age, according to court records. The charges are off-grid ...
Charges were dismissed Friday in Douglas County District Court against two men who were accused of battering a man at the now-closed Allstars nightclub in North Lawrence.
Daequan Jermaine Rayton, 24, and Christopher Shane Wuenstel, 23, both of Topeka, were each facing one felony count of aggravated battery, but after a preliminary hearing Friday, their charges were dismissed without prejudice, meaning the ...
Updated at 5:50 p.m. Thursday
Two Lawrence men have been charged in Douglas County District Court with distributing a drug that caused a death by fentanyl overdose and that injured multiple other people.
Logan Hastie Morgan, 22, faces one felony count of distribution of a controlled substance causing death, two felony counts of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm and one felony ...
Updated at 6:58 p.m. Wednesday
A man who worked at both the Lawrence Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is at risk of losing his certification to be a law enforcement officer after allegations of sexually biased policing targeting young women.
Brad Williams is currently under investigation by the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training (KSCPOST) and a recommendation ...
A trial has been scheduled for next summer in a wrongful conviction lawsuit that a man accused of rape filed against the State of Kansas.
The man, Albert Wilson, 26, of Wichita, was convicted of rape in Douglas County District Court in January 2019. On appeal, his conviction was vacated, and he was granted a new trial in March of 2021. Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez declined to retry the case ...
A husband and wife who were both charged with felony sex crimes pleaded no contest Tuesday in Douglas County District Court to lesser crimes of battery and theft.
Michalia Danielle Williams, 25, and Joshua Michael Williams, 35, of Belton, Missouri, both entered no contest pleas as a part of an agreement with the state. Each originally faced a level-one felony count of criminal sodomy and one misdemeanor count ...
