A Douglas County judge on Monday began hearing evidence to determine whether a teenager will stand trial for the murder of a 14-year-old boy, including testimony from a teenager who provided an eyewitness account of the shooting and Snapchat messages of the defendant repeatedly using the N-word and threatening to kill.
The witness took the stand Monday at the preliminary hearing of Derrick Del Reed, 18, who is ...
Updated at 3:41 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11
A Lawrence man was arrested early Friday morning on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder after he allegedly stabbed another man in the neck.
The man, Tristen Lemont Hollins, 41, was booked into the Douglas County Jail around 5 a.m., according to the booking log. He was charged with the crime later Friday in Douglas County District Court.
According to Lawrence ...
A Lawrence man convicted of sex crimes against a young girl was sentenced Friday in Douglas County District Court to nearly eight years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced to an additional 21 years as part of a plea agreement with the state.
The man, Jason Edward Dallinga, 41, was originally charged with four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child by engaging in lewd touching to satisfy a ...
Updated at 1:40 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10
A Missouri man pleaded no contest Thursday in Douglas County District Court to aggravated battery in a case that was originally charged as rape.
The man, Zane J. Baugh, 26, of Kansas City, Missouri, was charged in March 2022 with one count of raping a 21-year-old in September 2019 in Baldwin City. On Thursday he pleaded to the lesser crime of felony aggravated battery, ...
A Lawrence man was sentenced Thursday in Douglas County District Court to more than 10 years in prison in connection with a 2021 shooting in North Lawrence that left a woman with bullet fragments in her brain.
The man, Alejandro Martinez-Diaz, 20, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted second-degree murder in June in connection with the shooting of a young woman on May 27, 2021. Martinez-Diaz is one of three ...
A player accused of making a bomb threat against the University of Kansas' football facilities last month is no longer enrolled at KU, the university's athletic department said Wednesday, and a recently released court document has revealed more details about the incident.
As of Wednesday afternoon, 22-year-old Joseph Michael Krause, who is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of ...
