A Lawrence man has been charged with burglary while on bond for rape charges in Douglas County.
Isaias Esai Rojo, 26, has been charged with one felony count of burglary of a firearm, one felony count of theft, one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one misdemeanor count of theft.
The charges relate to an incident on April 2, when a resident allegedly saw Rojo leaving the resident's ...
A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been sentenced in Douglas County District Court to 24 months of prison for attempting to possess hundreds of images of child pornography, but the sentence was suspended to probation.
Brandon Michael Torneden, 37, was charged with two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a child, a level-seven felony. Torneden was charged in March of 2021 and pleaded no contest to the ...
A man was sentenced on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court to 32 months in prison for repeatedly abusing a teenage girl.
Joseph C. Hess, 38, was originally charged in June of 2019 with three counts of criminal sodomy with a child, two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child. He accepted a plea deal and pleaded no contest to ...
A Lawrence man awaiting trial for first-degree murder was bound over for trial for additional drug charges on Monday.
Andrel D. Spates Jr., 20, Lawrence, is facing a marijuana distribution charge stemming back to a traffic stop in July of 2021. Spates is also facing a first-degree murder charge for the lethal shooting of Christian Willis, 21, of Wichita, on Sept. 8, 2021, in the 1500 block of Kentucky ...
A Lawrence man is headed to trial on attempted second-degree murder charges after attempts to reach a plea deal failed.
Charles D. Thomas II, 37, is charged with two counts of attempted second-degree murder, two counts of aggravated battery, one count of aggravated assault and three counts of aggravated endangering of a child.
As previously reported by the Journal-World, the charges stem from an incident ...
A Douglas County jury on Thursday found a Lawrence man guilty of four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of indecent liberties with a child.
The jury began deliberating earlier Thursday in the case of Timothy Glen Martins, 47, who was accused of multiple sex crimes against teenagers that involved naked "cuddling."
The case went to the jury, which deliberated for a little over ...
