A man received multiple life sentences on Thursday for the rape of a child and other child sex crimes in Douglas County.
The man, George Joseph Burgess Jr., 45, was found guilty by a Douglas County jury in June on two counts of rape and six counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The incidents occurred between 2017 and 2019 when the girl was between the ages of 7 and 9 and living in various ...
An Olathe man was sentenced to three years of probation on Wednesday for possessing child pornography in 2021.
The man, Owen Patrick Dalton, 21, was originally charged in Douglas County District Court with three felony counts of sexual exploitation of a child by possessing photographs of a child under the age of 18, according to charging documents. The charges relate to an incident on Aug. 25, 2021.
As part ...
Teens who are participating in the Lawrence Police Department’s Teen Police Academy might not expect to see themselves wearing a badge any time soon but instead are making new friends and connecting with Lawrence's finest.
The Teen Police Academy is a two-week program where kids learn what Lawrence police do and how they do it. The academy covers a variety of skills from self defense tactics to forensic ...
UPDATED 4:20 P.M. JULY 29, 2024
A controversial Lawrence public commenter has filed complaints with the Kansas attorney disciplinary office against the Douglas County District Attorney and her former deputy over a June incident where the deputy dressed as the man and the DA appeared to point and laugh at the costume.
The complaint was filed on July 11 with the Kansas Office of the Disciplinary Administrator ...
A Lawrence woman who was charged in connection with a man's 2022 fentanyl overdose death pleaded no contest to a lesser charge on Wednesday in Douglas County District Court.
Terriana Audry Atkinson, 26, of Lawrence, was originally charged with one count of distributing a substance causing death, according to charging documents. However, as part of her plea agreement with the state, the charge was reduced to a ...
A Lawrence man has been charged with the rape of a teenage girl, and two others have been arrested for intimidation of a witness in connection with the same incident.
Mark Brent Lee, 40, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of rape, one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one felony count of aggravated intimidation of a witness. The indecent liberties incident is ...
