A Douglas County judge on Tuesday sentenced a man to 18 months of probation for distribution of fentanyl, pursuant to a plea agreement, and she commended him for being an exemplary defendant while awaiting disposition of his case.
Judge Amy Hanley made a point to read aloud a complimentary letter from an employee who supervised Harlan Epps for the past two years during his house arrest.
"In my line of work ...
The state and defense are at odds regarding whether an arrest affidavit of a man accused of molesting a child should be kept from the public — a disagreement that should soon be resolved by a court order.
The case involves 75-year-old defendant Steven Braswell, who was arrested last month and charged with one count of aggravated criminal sodomy and one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a boy under ...
A felony domestic violence case that was set to go to trial on Monday was derailed at the very last minute Friday, when one of the defendant's appointed attorneys was allowed to withdraw from the case.
The case will now begin anew with a different court-appointed attorney.
Attorney Michael Clarke had been representing Shaleah Kauffman in a criminal matter in which she's accused of felony domestic battery and ...
A Douglas County inmate who was seeking to visit his infant daughter at a Kansas City, Missouri, hospital, was given court permission to do so on Friday, but by then the child had died.
The inmate, Jaystyn Curtiss, 20, of Lawrence, was still going to be allowed to see his child on Friday afternoon for one hour, accompanied by Douglas County deputies and hospital security.
Curtiss' appointed attorney, Michael ...
A 31-year-old man facing a lengthy prison term choked back tears Thursday as he apologized to a long list of people, expressed regret for endangering them and promised to change his ways.
"I can do better and will do better," Garnel Moore Williams told Douglas County Judge Amy Hanley, who commended his "articulate and insightful" comments before sentencing him to nearly 11 years in prison, pursuant to a March 3 ...
A Lawrence grocery store employee who was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of stealing thousands of dollars from his employer has now been charged with felony theft.
Ethan Cade Waters, 21, is accused in a criminal complaint filed Wednesday of stealing $25,000 from the Dillons store at 3000 W. Sixth St.
As the Journal-World reported, Waters was taken into custody after the store asset manager informed ...
