Story updated at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2019: A Topeka man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for his role in the 2017 shootings on Massachusetts Street that killed three people and wounded two others. Ahmad M. Rayton, 23, was originally charged with three felonies from the incident: two counts of attempted second-degree murder — for allegedly shooting one man and trying to shoot another — ...
A man and woman have been formally charged with aggravated robbery following a reported attack on a man this weekend in Lawrence. Both have prior felony convictions here. Lawrence residents Runita J. Bell, 44, and Robert L. Coleman, 25, allegedly were armed with a knife when they took a man’s backpack containing a phone and clothing, according to complaints filed Monday in Douglas County District Court. ...
A man and woman have been arrested in an armed robbery reported Sunday evening in Lawrence. Police responded just after 6:15 p.m. to the 1800 block of West 25th Street, where the victim reported being attacked outside by two suspects who tried to stab him with a knife, Officer Shawn Gross said, in an email. The suspects left the scene after stealing the victim’s backpack, which had been dropped during the ...
The man who died after crashing his motorcycle over the weekend near Eudora was James Young, 62, of Bismarck, N.D., according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. The office released the man’s name Monday morning, in an email from Sgt. Kristen Channel. The single-vehicle crash happened about 5 p.m. Saturday in the 2300 block of North 1400 Road, just east of Eudora. Young was driving westbound when ...
The rape case against Andrew J. Flood was pending for more than three years. The court file contained hundreds of pages. His trial lasted a full week in Douglas County District Court. Now, the whole case has disappeared from public records as if it never existed. After the jury acquitted Flood, he got his case expunged. The district attorney called the expungement fair, given state law and the outcome of ...
A man admitted to police that he rear-ended a broken-down Dodge Neon that several people were trying to push in the lanes of 23rd Street, then kept on driving, according to a police affidavit in the case. The affidavit, however, doesn’t include any explanation from the man about why he didn’t stop to provide his information or render aid. While a related civil lawsuit alleges the driver was under the ...