A Douglas County judge on Monday ordered a man who was granted probation in 2022 after a jury convicted him of rape to serve his original prison sentence after numerous probation violations.
The man, Ray C. Atkins Jr., 24, of Lawrence, was convicted of one felony count of rape in August 2022 for an incident on July 19, 2019, in Lawrence. He was sentenced in November of 2022 to nearly 13 years in prison by ...
As Douglas County leaders consider spending tens of millions of dollars to renovate the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, they're saying it's not just about making courts run better — it's about giving 911 services a new home base, making the sheriff's office more efficient and even keeping county residents safe during natural disasters.
And with the plan they're currently leaning toward, they'd be able to ...
A Douglas County judge is weighing the fate of a man she sentenced to probation last year for a child sex crime after witnesses testified this week that the man had been propositioning teens in the workplace and had been kicked out of sex-offender treatment.
The man, Trey Gibson, 22, of Lawrence, was convicted of indecent liberties with a child and criminal threat after pleading no contest to the crimes in ...
A trial set for later this month for a Lawrence teen accused of fatally shooting another teen was delayed Thursday until next spring after the defense said it was waiting on an expert gunshot residue report.
The accused, Derrick Del Reed, 18, of Lawrence, has been charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of first-degree murder for allegedly shooting Kamarjay Shaw, 14, of Lawrence, on March 18 in ...
Lawrence police say several acts of vandalism occurred last week in North Lawrence, in addition to the damage done to a bus stop that was decorated with Indigenous art.
Police believe that more than a dozen car windows were smashed on Friday night, with no thefts being reported in connection with the damage, according to a social media post from the Lawrence Police Department. Police also received a report that ...
Updated at 5:02 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8
A Douglas County jury convicted a man on Wednesday of felony sexual extortion after he threatened to release nude pictures of a woman taken when she was a teen. The jury could not agree on a second count of the same crime.
The man, Devaris Lamar Howard, 21, of Gadsden, Alabama, was charged in Douglas County District Court with two felony counts of sexual extortion. The ...
