Updated story - June 25 — Jury finds Topeka man guilty of 3 downtown Lawrence murders The process of choosing the people who will decide the case of Anthony L. Roberts Jr. — the Topeka man charged with three murders in the 2017 shootings on Massachusetts Street — will continue into a third day. After the second day of jury selection for the trial, about 60 potential jurors remained in the group at ...
A woman told police that a former University of Kansas football player got mad when he lost a video game and then attacked her — “strangling” her then pointing a loaded shotgun in her face — according to an affidavit. The incident occurred and 19-year-old Kenny E. Bastida was arrested in the early morning hours of May 15 at Stouffer Place Apartments, 1835 Ousdahl Road, one of KU’s on-campus housing ...
Confronted after the girl told someone about the abuse, a Lawrence man admitted that he sexually abused and showed pornography to a young girl he babysat over a period of years, according to a police affidavit. He claimed he wasn’t sexually attracted to the girl, but told police that being naked, masturbating and watching porn in front of her was “exciting” because he knew it’s something he isn’t ...
Updated story - June 25 — Jury finds Topeka man guilty of 3 downtown Lawrence murders Trial proceedings have begun in the case of the man charged with the most murders in a single incident in recent Lawrence history: the 2017 triple homicide on Massachusetts Street. Charged with three counts of murder plus one attempted murder, Anthony L. Roberts Jr., 22, of Topeka, appeared in Douglas County District ...
The University of Kansas chancellor reported for jury duty first thing Monday morning at Douglas County District Court — and got picked. Chancellor Douglas Girod wasn’t pulled away from his usual day job for weeks on this case, though. The defendant was charged with a single misdemeanor, a sexual battery that occurred in 2018, according to court records. And he was tried, convicted and sentenced all by ...
Updated story - June 11 — Man arrested on arson charges from house fire in eastern Lawrence Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical is investigating the cause of a Monday afternoon fire at an eastern Lawrence home. The fire was reported at 12:30 p.m. in a house at 1405 E. 15th St., according to a news release from Division Chief Lyle Schwartz. Firefighters arriving at the scene encountered a fire in the ...