A Lawrence man was arrested Wednesday and has been charged in Douglas County District Court with attempted murder after he allegedly waited for another man to return home with the intent to kill him.
The man, Logan Akicitan Martin, 24, faces one felony count of attempted first-degree murder, according to charging documents. The charge is in connection with an incident on Sept. 25.
The incident was reported ...
The attorney for Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez has requested a continuance for her disciplinary hearing scheduled for next week, citing a "personal tragedy."
The hearing is scheduled for Oct. 12 and 13, when a panel of three attorneys with the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys will hear testimony from multiple Douglas County judges and other witnesses regarding allegations that Valdez ...
A defense attorney filed a motion this week asking for a picture of a 14-year-old homicide victim pointing a gun to be admitted into evidence along with the boy's history of criminal charges involving firearms, and the attorney in a separate motion has also asked the court to dismiss the case altogether if the state, without good reason, refuses to grant immunity to crucial eyewitnesses.
The defendant in the ...
A Douglas County judge ruled on Tuesday that a man who was granted probation after he was convicted by a jury for rape has violated multiple terms of his probation, including repeatedly using cocaine and failing to get a required sex offender evaluation.
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 19 ...
Story updated at 6:54 p.m. Tuesday:
After asking for the public's help, Lawrence police say they've identified and interviewed a person alleged to have stolen items from a residence while the occupants of the home slept, and that the items have been returned.
The department posted a request on social media with a photo of a person that appears to be an older woman with short hair, wearing a long chain and ...
A Topeka man pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court to multiple charges in connection with an incident in which he struck a woman multiple times in the head while refusing to let her out of his vehicle.
The man, Martyne Christopher Elmer, 55, pleaded guilty to one felony count of possession of a firearm and one misdemeanor count each of criminal restraint, endangerment and domestic battery. ...
