An alleged stabbing victim was held in contempt of court after refusing to testify Wednesday in Douglas County District Court, and an attempted-murder charge was reduced for the Baldwin City man accused of attacking her.
After a preliminary hearing, the man, Sean Martin Reese, 38, was ordered to stand trial on one felony count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm or, in the alternative, a lesser ...
A Eudora man who now has seven DUI convictions was sentenced to just over three years of incarceration on Wednesday in Douglas County District Court — after his wife asked for a higher sentence and said he'd put their young children's lives at risk.
In June, Dustin Rhodes Crowe, 40, pleaded no contest to three felony DUIs and one felony count of endangerment of a child as part of a plea agreement, as the ...
A Lawrence man has been charged with trading child pornography.
The man, Rich Anthony Dibenedetto, 30, has been charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of exploitation of a child by possessing a photograph of a child in the nude and one count of internet trading in child pornography, both felonies, according to charging documents. The incident is alleged to have occurred on Oct. 25, ...
Updated at 5:11 p.m. Monday, July 10
A Douglas County District Court judge on Monday denied a teenager accused of killing another teenager immunity from prosecution. The judge also ruled that the teen, who will turn 18 later this month, be tried as an adult.
Judge Sally Pokorny's ruling came at a hearing for Derrick Del Reed, 17, of Lawrence, who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of ...
A Douglas County judge on Friday limited an upcoming hearing in a teenager's murder case to a YouTube broadcast for spectators after the head of court security described the last hearing as a scene of “chaos” with multiple threats of violence.
The “chaos” surrounded the self-defense immunity hearing at the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center on June 2 for Derrick Del Reed, 17, of Lawrence, who is ...
It might be texting a friend that you’re on the way. It could be enjoying your favorite fast food treat. Or sometimes it is something as simple as cranking the radio up a couple of extra notches when your favorite tune comes on.
If you are doing any of it behind the wheel of a vehicle, they all are examples of distracted driving. They’re also examples of activities that could get you killed in an auto ...
