A Lawrence man was charged with multiple crimes on Tuesday after he allegedly attacked people with a beer bottle before trying to run them over.
The man, Ceferino Garcia Reyes, 20, is charged in Douglas County District Court with two felony counts of aggravated battery, one felony count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one misdemeanor count each of criminal damage and battery.
The charges stem ...
A Topeka man has been charged with multiple sex crimes involving a 9-year-old girl.
The man, Tyrone Gipson, 42, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of rape for an alleged incident on Nov. 25, 2024, and one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, alleged to have occurred between August and November 2024. Both counts are in connection with the same girl. If convicted on either charge, Gipson ...
A Lawrence man who was accused of giving a 15-year-old girl cocaine in exchange for sex pleaded no contest on Tuesday to two sex crime counts as part of a plea agreement.
Kendrick Deandre Atkins, 25, was originally charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of rape, two counts of aggravated human trafficking, two counts of criminal sodomy, and two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Turnpike Authority are warning residents about another scam circulating via text message regarding bogus toll collections.
An employee with the sheriff’s office received multiple texts last week about unpaid tolls with a link to a fake Kansas Turnpike Authority website, according to a post on social media. The first clue that the texts were fake was that ...
Oral arguments in the disciplinary matter of former Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez are now on the docket at the Kansas Supreme Court, which will soon determine what, if any, punishment she will receive after a disciplinary panel found nearly a year ago that she had violated the attorney code of conduct.
The arguments are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on April 1 at the Kansas Judicial Center, 301 SW ...
The Douglas County district attorney took the stand on Thursday just a month after he was sworn into office to face allegations that he performed inadequately when negotiating a plea deal in a case involving a Lawrence teen who overdosed on fentanyl.
Dakota Loomis was a defense attorney in Douglas County until he was sworn in as the DA on Jan. 13. Until June 20, 2024, he represented Benjamin Zed Mims, 37, of ...
