The former wife of a convicted child molester has pleaded no contest to aggravated endangerment of a child after she was accused of hiding her husband's sex crimes from police and telling the survivor to lie.
Lorene Rose Martins, 48, of Lawrence, entered the plea on Sept. 9 to two felony counts of aggravated endangerment of a child. As part of the agreement the state dismissed a third charge of intimidation of ...
Charges have now been filed in Douglas County District Court against both people who are accused of spray-painting Lawrence churches ahead of the Aug. 2 election in Kansas.
The two allegedly painted "Vote No" and other messages on two churches before the election in which Kansas voters were to decide on an amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would have eliminated the right to abortion. A "no" vote was a ...
A woman pleaded no contest on Thursday in Douglas County District Court to two child sex crimes as part of a plea deal in a case that originally involved dozens of charges.
April Caitlin Ticer, 25, of Kansas City, Kansas, pleaded no contest to two felony counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a child. She was charged in April with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor by promoting a sexually ...
Emergency crews responded to the scene of a vehicle accident Friday morning in North Lawrence in which a car and a semitrailer apparently collided.
Multiple crews were at the scene shortly before 10:30 a.m., including two ambulances.
The wrecked vehicles were southbound on U.S. Highway 59 at the TeePee Junction intersection.
U.S. 59 was still open in both directions as crews worked the scene.
The woman who ...
A Douglas County jury on Friday found a man not guilty of attempted first-degree murder in a New Year's Day shooting at a rural nightclub.
The man, Daequan Jermaine Rayton, 24, of Topeka, was charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault in connection with the Jan. 1 shooting at The Outhouse, 1837 North 1500 Road. He was acquitted on both charges Friday. The shooting, which injured another ...
A Topeka man was charged Thursday in Douglas County District Court with aggravated sexual battery.
Gregory Allan Pagan, 46, faces one felony count of aggravated sexual battery for allegedly touching another person when that person was overcome by force or fear, according to charging documents. The charge relates to an incident Thursday involving a 19-year-old.
Douglas County sheriff’s deputies responded ...
