As the incoming Douglas County district attorney and her staff prepare to take office, questions are emerging regarding how complaints about untruthfulness or bias by law enforcement have been handled by the longtime DA.
What duty, if any, does the DA’s office have to investigate such complaints? Or should prosecutors rely on law enforcement agencies’ internal investigations — such as those of the ...
A hearing before a Missouri disciplinary panel began on Friday for a former longtime prosecutor of the Douglas County district attorney’s office.
Despite running over most of the day Friday, the hearing for Amy McGowan — who came to Douglas County just short of 15 years ago after working in Jackson County, Mo., and who was a prosecutor in the Douglas County DA’s office until her retirement late last year ...
Fewer people were booked into the Douglas County Jail in 2018 than in the years prior, but the inmates’ average stays were about 4 1/2 days longer, recently published reports show.
The Journal-World reported in May about a number of various reports that were missing from the websites of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Lawrence Police Department.
Until last week, the sheriff’s office had not ...
Story updated at 2:37 p.m. Thursday
Months after two motorists were recorded driving through protesters in Lawrence, the Douglas County district attorney’s office says charging decisions are still pending. Meanwhile, at least three defendants have been charged for similar allegations that weren’t protest-related.
In an incident on May 31, a woman accelerated an SUV into protesters occupying the ...
A Lawrence man was charged Thursday in Douglas County District Court with three child sex crimes.
Lazarious L. Gibson, 19, was charged with electronic solicitation of a minor and two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a minor. All three are high-level felonies.
The charging document alleges that Gibson used a phone, internet or other electronic means to attempt to “entice or solicit” a person ...
An Overland Park man was charged Tuesday in connection with a reported robbery attempt and shooting that injured a teen in Lawrence last year.
Brandon R. Jimenez, 34, was charged with second-degree attempted murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery and attempted aggravated robbery, all mid- to high-level felonies.
A 17-year-old boy suffered a minor injury as a result of a gunshot wound just before 4 ...
