The Kansas Supreme Court has selected Judge James McCabria as Douglas County District Court’s next chief judge, effective Jan. 1. McCabria will fill the role that current Chief Judge Peggy Carr Kittel will vacate with her retirement Dec. 31, according to a news release from the state Office of Judicial Administration. “The 7th Judicial District is fortunate to have judges that serve with incredible ...
A Kansas City, Mo., man allegedly set up an armed robbery to steal cash and marijuana from a home in Baldwin City, according to the charges filed against him. Kylan Raphael Newman, 21, was charged with multiple felonies this week in Douglas County District Court in connection with an incident alleged to have occurred on July 26 at an apartment in the 200 block of Washington Street in Baldwin City. Newman’s ...
Prosecutors have dropped a case against a Lawrence man who had been charged in connection with a reported robbery in an apartment parking lot. Lawson R. Marshall, 20, of Lawrence, had been arrested Sept. 19 on suspicion of armed robbery, jail records showed. He was charged the next day in Douglas County District Court with aggravated robbery for allegedly threatening a man and a woman with a knife and taking ...
A Lawrence woman who reportedly groped, exposed her body to and engaged in sexualized conversation with two teens was sentenced Wednesday to 24 months of probation. Alisia A. Cheek, 30, had been charged with two felonies: aggravated indecent liberties with a child who was 13, and indecent liberties with a child who was 14, according to the complaint filed against her in Douglas County District Court. However, ...
A judge on Wednesday found probable cause to bind a man over for trial on his charge of aggravated arson, a midlevel-severity felony. Benjamin C. Roberts, 28, is accused of intentionally starting a fire inside his apartment in the 500 block of Michigan Street. However, at the preliminary hearing in his case Wednesday, his attorney argued that the fire was accidental. Prosecutor Eve Kemple brought in several ...
A Lawrence man accused of flashing a gun at a bar downtown and stealing a bike from a family’s garage was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday. Domanick James Hall, 21, recently agreed to a plea deal that dismissed multiple other cases in Douglas County District Court. In the cases for which he was sentenced, Hall was charged with aggravated burglary, for stealing a bicycle from a family’s garage ...