A Lawrence woman is facing charges in Douglas County District Court of lewd fondling of a 4-year-old. The woman, Ashlyn Marie Sloan, 29, is charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child in connection with two incidents in July and December of 2021, according to a charging document in the case. The victim is listed as being 4 years old at the time, which makes the charge an off-grid person felony, ...
A Lawrence man who was originally charged with raping a child, among several other offenses, pleaded no contest Tuesday in Douglas County District Court to two lesser crimes. The man, Trey L. Gibson, 20, was charged with rape, aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated indecent liberties with a child and kidnapping — all high-level felonies. The charges stemmed from an incident in January 2021 in which he was ...
A Topeka man pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter in the killing of an 18-year-old last year in Lawrence. The man, Mehki McDaniel, 20, was charged with second-degree murder and six counts of theft of a firearm in the shooting death of Peyton Whitaker, 18, of Topeka, on Nov. 24, 2021. McDaniel pleaded guilty in Douglas County District Court to the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter and two ...
A Lawrence man was taken to a hospital by helicopter after a crash that closed the Kansas River bridge near Eudora on Monday, and a woman from Montana was also injured, according to the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office. In a news release, Leavenworth County Undersheriff J. W. Sherley said that just after 5 p.m. on Monday, a 24-year-old Lawrence man was driving north on 222nd Street at high speed, and his ...
A Topeka man who was charged with attempted first-degree murder after a shooting on New Year’s Day was ordered Monday to stand trial in Douglas County District Court. The man, Daequan Jermaine Rayton, 24, was charged in connection with a Jan. 1 shooting at The Outhouse, a rural nightclub at 1837 North 1500 Road. After a preliminary hearing Monday, Judge Stacey Donovan determined that enough evidence existed ...
A Lawrence man was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman told police that he tried to throw her into the Kansas River. The man, Adam Blake Amyx, 37, was booked into the Douglas County Jail on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder and making criminal threats, said Major Trent McKinley with the Lawrence Police Department. Around 10:45 p.m. Thursday, Lawrence police officers ...