A 22-year-old Shawnee woman killed by gunfire leaving a downtown Lawrence bar last year was an actual victim, says the attorney for the man charged with murdering her and two other people.
But the two men who died that night and two more men who were shot but survived are in a different category, said Jennifer Chaffee, representing defendant Anthony L. Roberts Jr.
“Leah Brown is a victim in this case,” ...
A Lawrence man was convicted on Thursday of molesting a mentally disabled girl.
Steven L. Capps, 39, pleaded no contest to two felony counts of aggravated indecent liberties against the girl, who was 14 when the incident occurred.
Douglas County District Court Judge Sally Pokorny scheduled Capps’ sentencing for Nov. 15. She said he could face 142 months, or nearly 12 years in prison, though attorneys in ...
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. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 233 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 ...
A man made his first appearance in Douglas County District Court this week for a far longer than average list of counts against him: 26, to be exact, all from the same incident. What happened?
I looked him up and learned the case is against a 36-year-old Topeka man named Joshua W. Banfield. According to the charges against him, he allegedly led law enforcement on a high-speed chase through Douglas County — ...
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. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 185 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 ...
Rontarus Washington Jr. was arrested Jan. 15, 2015, in Mississippi and, after extradition proceedings, booked into the Douglas County Jail on March 16, 2015.
After yet another delay, Washington’s trial is now scheduled to begin more than four years after his arrest. The new date is March 25, 2019.
Washington has already been in custody longer than any other current inmate at the Douglas County Jail.
He is ...
