The Lawrence Police Department has forwarded its investigation into a fatal stabbing on to the Douglas County district attorney, Officer Shawn Gross told the Journal-World via email Monday. John M. Minoglio, 40, of Lawrence, died shortly after 5 p.m. Oct. 20 after he was stabbed during an altercation with another man in front of a home in the 1900 block of Massachusetts Street, the Journal-World has reported. ...
Story updated at 1:32 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3: A woman was found bound and unconscious inside a vehicle at the school district’s Wakarusa Valley building late Saturday, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. At the request of the Topeka Police Department, deputies went to the school around 11:30 p.m. Saturday for an adult welfare check, said Jenn Hethcoat, public information officer for the ...
A Lawrence man reportedly told police that child pornography they allegedly found on his devices was not for arousal, but rather “as a form of art,” according to court documents. Charles R. Tingler Jr., 46, was charged Sept. 17 with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child — midlevel-severity felonies. He is also facing a charge in a separate case for alleged interference with law enforcement at the ...
Three Lawrence-area first responders trained for months in preparation for an annual boxing fundraiser, and one of them brought home a championship belt. Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy Charlie Cooper won her match against Tracey Mauna, a Clay County, Mo., juvenile officer, on Saturday, Oct. 26. Guns N Hoses, an annual charity event, pits area law enforcement officers against firefighters in boxing matches ...
A Lawrence man was charged Thursday in Douglas County District Court with three counts related to child pornography. The charging document alleges that 23-year-old Jordan L. Brantley employed, persuaded, enticed or coerced a child under 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of promoting a performance, between July 17, 2017, and Feb. 4, 2018. It also alleges that he traded child pornography ...
A Tonganoxie man was charged Tuesday in Douglas County District Court with electronic solicitation of a child. Prosecutors allege that Jason L. Bledsoe, 39, enticed or solicited a person whom he believed to be under the age of 14 to commit or submit to a sexual act, according to the charging document in his case. The charge alleges that the solicitation took place between Sept. 16 and Oct. 12. Electronic ...