A Lawrence man was charged Wednesday in Douglas County District Court with two child sex crimes. Stephen Bruce Green, 35, faces two high-severity felony charges: electronic solicitation of a child and attempted rape. The latter is an off-grid felony, meaning a conviction would have a presumed life sentence. The charging document in his case alleges that between Nov. 11 and Nov. 26, Green tried to solicit a ...
A man suspected of murder in Ohio was arrested on Interstate 70 in Lawrence Monday evening, according to law enforcement. The Kansas Highway Patrol arrested Justin Lewis William Eastman, 34, of Columbus, Ohio, around 5:30 p.m. Monday at I-70 mile marker 202, or the U.S. 59 Highway interchange, Douglas County Jail booking records indicate. Eastman’s arrest came about 30 hours after the body of a missing ...
A Fort Riley man was arrested late Saturday on suspicion of attempted rape at a downtown venue, jail records indicate. However, the man, Luis Enrique Ramires, 22, was charged Monday in Douglas County District Court with aggravated sexual battery, a midlevel-severity felony. The charging document in his case alleges that Ramires touched a 17-year-old victim who was overcome by force. Ramires was arrested at ...
A Lawrence man reportedly exchanged dozens of pornographic images of children and teens, sometimes claiming to be the minor in the images, court documents allege. Jordan Lawrence Brantley, 23, was charged last month in Douglas County District Court with three child porn-related felonies: two counts of sexual exploitation of a child and internet trading in child pornography. The Journal-World requested and ...
Three teens have been charged in connection with the same alleged armed robbery in which a Kansas City, Mo., man was charged last week. A 16-year-old Wellsville boy, a 16-year-old Baldwin City boy and a 17-year-old Lawrence boy have been charged in Douglas County District Court in connection with an armed robbery that allegedly occurred July 26 in Baldwin City. Each teen faces two felonies, aggravated robbery ...
The Lawrence Police Department’s percentage of arrests made in reported rapes increased nearly 200% from 2017 to 2018, according to a recent report. But statewide, the number of reported rapes increased nearly 9% in the same time frame, and the rate per 1,000 population hit a new high. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s annual report, “Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Sexual Assault In Kansas,” ...