Story updated on Sunday, April 20, 2025. Cadence Elijah Nunez-Ruckman was arrested at the KU Boathouse in Burcham Park, 220 Indiana Ave., and booked into the Douglas County Jail late Saturday. Nunez-Ruckman was wanted for not complying with pending cases related to an aggravated assault, according to a poster from the sheriff’s office. On Thursday, law enforcement spotted him near 14th and Connecticut ...
A murder trial where a 19 year-old man is alleged to have shot and killed a 17-year-old boy was delayed on Friday for the second time this year after the victim's mother was charged with firing a gun at a Lawrence residence with children inside. Cir Allen Keith Glover, 19, of Lawrence, is charged with first degree murder in connection with the shooting death of 17-year-old Isaiah Neal on June 13, 2024, at 2406 ...
A Lawrence man was sentenced on Friday to more than 10 years in prison for attacking a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy while in court in 2022. Last month, a jury convicted John Timothy Price, 36, of one felony count of battery on a law enforcement officer, and Judge Amy Hanley sentenced him on Friday to 130 months, or 10.8 years, in prison. The incident he was convicted for in March happened during two ...
A trial has been scheduled for a Topeka man accused of buying nude photos and videos of two 16-year-old girls to sell. The man, Jason J. Morrison, 42, is charged in Douglas County District Court with two counts of aggravated human trafficking and two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. The charges are in connection with a series of incidents between February 2019 and May 2023 and began when the victims ...
A man who was accused of barricading himself inside a Lawrence residence before setting it on fire in 2024 was granted probation on Wednesday after his felony charges were lowered to misdemeanors in a plea agreement. Trong Do Turner, 28, was listed as living at a Kansas City homeless shelter when he was arrested in February of 2024 and was charged in two cases in Douglas County District Court. In the more ...
A mother on Wednesday tearfully asked a Douglas County judge to sentence the Lawrence man who gave her daughter cocaine and sexually assaulted her to as much prison time as possible. However, Kendrick Deandre Atkins, 26, received a mitigated sentence of 10 years for one count of criminal sodomy and one count of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child, both felonies. Judge Amy Hanley sentenced ...