WRITER: Sara Shepherd

Woman now charged along with two men in kidnapping case involving hammer, torch, knife threats

A woman is now being charged along with two men in connection with a kidnapping and assault that allegedly happened in November. Stephanie A. Wiggins, 37, of Shawnee, allegedly held the victim against his will to terrorize or hurt him, and threatened him with a switchblade knife, according to a complaint filed in Douglas County District Court. She is charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault and criminal ...

Defense lawyers stand by trial performance in Eudora day care murder case, say client was wrongly convicted

The Eudora day care murder case has evolved from the usual two-sided battle into a triangle of sparring attorneys. Prosecutors who fought Carrody M. Buchhorn’s lawyers at trial — and won a murder conviction — are now back in the same courtroom defending those lawyers’ trial performance. Across the aisle, Buchhorn and her new attorneys have turned against her trial lawyers, claiming they were so ...

Lawrence police blotter for Feb. 19

Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday and includes 162 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and general address followed by a short description of the call's nature. It's important to remember that each incident only ...

Scam alerts: Beware ‘secret shopper’ packages, scammers posing as law enforcement demanding money

It seems there’s always some new scam going around or some old scam resurfacing. In recent days local law enforcement authorities have shared information about two such scams. In one case, victims reported to University of Kansas police last week that they’d been scammed out of $1,000 — specifically, according to KU’s online crime log, they were deceived into giving $1,000 in Google Play gift cards to ...

Lawrence police blotter for Feb. 18

Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 133 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and general address followed by a short description of the call's nature. It's important to remember that each incident only ...

$15 million bank fraud case against Lawrence man moving toward trial after judge rejects request to dismiss

Years of multiagency investigation into fraud by others in his banking circles ultimately produced the federal indictment against Lawrence businessman Troy A. Gregory, documents filed in the case reveal. Gregory, facing criminal charges for his role in an alleged $15 million bank loan scheme over a decade ago, argued that the government took improper steps in that long process of bringing the case against him ...