Updated at 9:34 a.m. Friday, June 23, 2023
A Linwood man was sentenced on Thursday to more than two years in prison for attempted sexual battery involving a 75-year-old woman as part of a plea agreement with the state.
Warren Franklin Jones, 44, was originally charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of aggravated sexual battery, one misdemeanor count of mistreatment of a dependent ...
Last March in Douglas County District Court, a witness intimidation case against a Lawrence man depended on two witnesses — an alleged victim whose memory was called into question, and 32-year-old sheriff's deputy Breanna S. Pence.
What might not have been clear at the time was that Pence was under investigation for allegations of domestic battery. And the man's attorney claims that if the DA's office had ...
A Lawrence woman was sentenced to more than three years in prison on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court for a drunk-driving crash that injured a man and his dog.
Rachell Denise Redding, 32, pleaded no contest in March to one felony count of aggravated battery and her second misdemeanor DUI. The charges relate to an accident around 2:30 a.m. on July 1, 2022, when Redding was driving a white Nissan Altima ...
A Lawrence man who was charged in a shooting that injured a young woman in North Lawrence pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted second-degree murder on Tuesday as part of a plea agreement.
Alejandro Martinez-Diaz, 20, was the last of the three co-defendants in the case to enter a plea in Douglas County District Court in connection with the shooting, which happened on May 27, 2021. As the Journal-World ...
What happens when firefighters and police officers glove up and square off in the boxing ring? Quite a bit, it turns out, but most importantly they raise thousands of dollars for charity.
Four Lawrence firefighters will be doing just that on June 24 as they compete in nearly half of the fights scheduled for the Kansas City Guns and Hoses charity boxing event. The charity’s primary beneficiary is Surviving ...
A Topeka man is back in custody in Douglas County on charges of kidnapping a woman and carrying a sawed-off shotgun, among other charges.
Martyne Christopher Elmer, 55, faces one count of kidnapping, one count of carrying a shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches and one count of a felon carrying a firearm, all felonies, according to charging documents. He is also charged with misdemeanor domestic battery, ...
