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 Douglas County judge will allow the public to attend in person a hearing for a Lawrence teen accused of killing a 14-year-old boy, but several restrictions will be in place to prevent the kind of courtroom disruptions that occurred earlier in the case.
Derrick Del Reed, 18, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of first-degree murder for allegedly shooting Kamarjay Shaw on March 18, 2023, ...
