A Douglas County judge denied a request on Tuesday to continue the double homicide trial of a Lawrence man, which led the man’s attorney to threaten to withdraw from the case just weeks before the trial.
“I don’t find that credible at all,” Judge Amy Hanley told attorney Matthew Cohen when he said that he may not be adequately prepared for trial if the continuance were denied. Cohen was appointed to ...
A Douglas County judge said on Monday that he was doubtful that a wrongful conviction suit centered on an infant who died at a Eudora day care could be resolved short of the plaintiff proving her actual innocence in connection with the death.
Carrody Buchhorn, 49, filed suit against the state of Kansas after her second-degree murder conviction in connection with the death of 9-month-old Ollie Ortiz in ...
Lawrence police cut the power to a residence early Friday morning before making entry to end a five-and-a-half-hour standoff with a man accused of battery.
Police were called to a home around 11 p.m. Thursday in the 700 block of Ash Street in connection with a man who was accused of battering a person, according to a post from the Lawrence Police Department on social media.
The man, later identified as Isaac ...
A Lawrence man's charge has been upgraded to first-degree murder in connection with a shooting in March of 2024 after a prosecutor argued that there was evidence to show the killing was premeditated.
Nicholas Laron Beaver, 33, was ordered in October 2024 to stand trial on one count of second-degree murder and one count of misdemeanor battery, as the Journal-World reported. He is accused of killing Vincent Lee ...
A Texas man pleaded guilty on Thursday to violently attacking two women and killing a cat as part of a deal in which the Douglas County District Attorney's Office dismissed rape and sodomy charges.
The defendant, Aaron Michael Davidson, 23, of Tolar, Texas, was originally charged with one count of rape, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, one count of aggravated battery, two counts of aggravated domestic ...
A Douglas County judge on Wednesday sentenced a Topeka man to two years in prison in connection with his fifth DUI.
The man, Dustin Lee Welch, 45, had indicated recently that he wanted to withdraw from a plea agreement because one of the sheriff’s deputies involved in his case had been decertified as a law enforcement officer for conduct involving dishonesty and his defense counsel was not notified.
Welch ...
