A Lawrence man was recently convicted of child pornography charges in Douglas County District Court after he agreed to a plea deal. Justin E. Lewis, 25, pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a child on Nov. 29, according to court records. In both counts he was accused of conducting an internet search between January and May 2019 for a visual depiction of a child under the age of ...
A Lawrence man who recently asked to represent himself in court against significant child sex crime charges will now pursue mediation in the cases, which could result in him taking a plea deal. Judge Sally Pokorny on Tuesday allowed Dustyn Polk, 46, to pursue mediation in a case where he is charged with two counts of rape, three counts of aggravated criminal sodomy and one count of aggravated indecent liberties ...
Lawrence police have identified the person who died after a head-on crash Saturday morning as a 20-year-old man. Lt. David Ernst of the Lawrence Police Department said on Monday that James Henderson Jr., of Lawrence, died from the injuries he suffered in the crash. The incident occurred around 12:15 a.m. at the 2500 block of West Sixth Street, near the intersection with Crestline Drive. Ernst previously said ...
Story updated at 7 p.m. Monday: Two people were injured in a single-vehicle wreck on U.S. Interstate 70 just east of a Lawrence exit on Monday afternoon. Raul E. Dominguez, 38, of Topeka, and Allison Provancial, 44, of Lawrence, were both taken to LMH Health to be treated for serious injuries, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol crash log. The wreck occurred around 2:15 p.m. about half a mile east of the ...
A recent ruling in Douglas County District Court resulted in a major legal victory for unmarried same-sex couples who have a child together. A couple in the Lawrence area — Amanda Torbett and Amanda Peterson — recently experienced the birth of their daughter, but were forced to fight through court to have both of their names included on the child’s original birth certificate. Lawrence attorney David ...
Despite the fact that the year is expected to end with a winter storm, 2021 has been relatively quiet when it comes to severe weather. That also could continue into early 2022, as winter has been mild so far. Jenni Pittman, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service station in Topeka, said northeast Kansas had a “very low” severe weather season in 2021. She said the forecast area for the Topeka ...