A Lawrence man who was on parole for fleeing from police and other crimes was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly led law enforcement on a pursuit west of Eudora, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. The Douglas County Jail booking logs show that Russell Dean Baston, 55, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of multiple felonies: fleeing and eluding law enforcement, aggravated battery on a law ...
A felony battery charge was dismissed on Monday in Douglas County District Court against a former Lawrence community activist. The defendant, Trinity Carpenter, 37, was charged with one felony count of aggravated battery in connection with an incident on June 5, 2022, as the Journal-World reported. Carpenter was scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Monday, but when the hearing began, Senior Assistant ...
A Douglas County prosecutor withdrew a plea offer on Monday in Douglas County District Court for a defendant accused of killing a man and stabbing the man’s dog at a Lawrence grocery store in 2021. The defendant, Robert Earl Davis, 56, of Lawrence, faces one count of first-degree murder and one felony count of cruelty to animals, according to charging documents. Davis' address at the time of his arrest was ...
A Lawrence woman received two years of probation on Friday for setting multiple fires at Lawrence businesses that caused over $1 million in damage to one of the businesses. Abie Schnacke, 19, was originally charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of aggravated arson in connection with an incident on Nov. 13, 2022, at 3111 W. Sixth St., which is the address of Lawrence Family Vision ...
Kansas' electronic court filing and records systems will be unavailable for the next two weeks because of a "security incident," and all filings will have to be done on paper during that time, according to a news release from state judicial officials. While district courts will remain open, the Kansas Supreme Court on Friday ordered them to use paper filings for the next two weeks while the incident is being ...
A man received two years of probation on Friday in Douglas County District Court in a case where he was accused of trying to grab the steering wheel of a van he was a passenger in and crash it. The man, Jayce Tyler Ingham, 36, of Iola, was originally slated to stand trial on two counts of attempted murder. However, in August, he took a plea agreement in which he pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated ...