The Douglas County sheriff says he shares the Lawrence Police Department’s response to a new state law targeting transgender people: Namely, he doesn’t intend to police which bathrooms residents can use.
“DGSO’s principles for deputies, corrections officers and staff is to do what is right by the person involved, which means prioritizing the person’s physical safety and not tolerating any level of ...
A Lawrence man has been charged in Douglas County District Court with raping a 13-year-old girl last year.
Kyle Tredell Brass, 37, faces one felony count of rape, according to charging documents. The charge is an off-grid felony; if convicted, Brass could be sentenced to life in prison. The incident is alleged to have happened on Dec. 25, 2022.
Brass was arrested in connection with the charge around 3:20 p.m. ...
An Overland Park man was granted probation Friday in Douglas County District Court for leading police on a high-speed car chase in downtown Lawrence while drunk and armed.
Kendrick Guerrero, 21, was convicted in May, after pleading no contest to the charges, of one felony count of fleeing from law enforcement, one misdemeanor count of DUI and one misdemeanor count of possession of a firearm while under the ...
A Eudora man was sentenced Tuesday in Douglas County District Court to two years in prison for threatening two teenagers with a knife.
Deven Antonio Ryan, 19, pleaded guilty in May to one count of attempted burglary and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, all felonies, according to court records. He was originally charged with a higher-level burglary and misdemeanor battery, but those ...
A Lawrence man who is on parole after having served more than a decade in prison for a 2006 fatal shooting was charged Monday in Douglas County District Court with aggravated sexual battery.
The man, Major Cornelious Edwards Jr., 43, was convicted in 2010 of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of Lawrence hip-hop artist Anthony “Clacc” Vital, 28, on Oct. 14, 2006.
Edwards was ...
An Olathe man has been charged with multiple counts of armed robbery and kidnapping in connection with a 2019 incident.
Anei Deng Anei-Yor, 25, is charged in Douglas County District Court with seven counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of kidnapping and one count of aggravated burglary, all felonies, according to charging documents. The charges relate to an incident alleged to have occurred on Sept. 15, ...
