A man has been charged with distributing a drug that killed a Lawrence father. The man, Kristopher Koby Alaniz, 35, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of distributing a controlled substance causing the death of David Joseph Johnson on April 9, 2024, according to charging documents. Johnson, 32, of Lawrence, was a father of one and described as “a loving, silly, kind, loyal, ...
A Lawrence man who engaged police in a nine-hour standoff at an apartment complex in 2023 was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Thursday, but he has already served the majority of his time. The man, Shawn Anthony Daniels, 42, was originally charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of aggravated assault and one felony count of aggravated burglary, according to charging documents. The ...
Updated at 4 p.m. Friday, May 10 A University of Illinois basketball player accused of rape for an incident at a Lawrence bar last summer was ordered to stand trial on Friday after a woman testified that she was “terrified” as he allegedly assaulted her. The player, Terrence Edward Shannon, 23, of Champaign, Illinois, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of rape or, in the ...
An Ozawkie man who was convicted of trading in child pornography and sexual exploitation of a child was granted probation on Friday in Douglas County District Court. The man, James D. Kaberline II, 42, was originally facing five counts of internet trading of child pornography and four counts of sexual exploitation of a child by possessing media of a child under the age of 18, all felonies. Kaberline lived in ...
Updated at 3:44 p.m. Wednesday, May 8 OLATHE — A teenager who recklessly shot a 15-year-old Lawrence girl to death while playing with guns pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a murder charge and a firearm violation. The teen, Davon D. Washington, 17, of Kansas City, Missouri, was charged in Johnson County Juvenile Court with one felony count of second-degree unintentional but reckless murder and one misdemeanor ...
A woman was shot and a man was injured Monday after a dog got loose and attacked the man and his dog, according to Lawrence police. The incident happened around noon as the man, believed to be in his 60s, was walking his dog in the 700 block of Ash Street in North Lawrence. Police said the man stopped the attack by shooting the attacking dog and killing it, but he also struck the dog's owner, who was trying to ...