A Douglas County judge heard evidence Wednesday in a case where a stranger allegedly got high on hallucinogens, walked into a Lawrence family's home, stripped naked and terrified the occupants in the middle of the night.
But before Judge Sally Pokorny potentially orders the defendant — 19-year-old Jacob Gilbert, of Lawrence — to stand trial, she wants more clarity on whether the most significant allegation ...
Updated at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10
A loud gasp went up in the packed courtroom Tuesday morning as relatives of two shooting victims saw video of a man suddenly pulling his gun and firing it multiple times — the bright muzzle flashes vivid markers of the bullets that presumably killed 18-year-old Aidan Knowles and critically wounded 16-year-old Brady Clark on Jan. 17 at The Hawk bar in Lawrence.
The video ...
The trial for a defendant accused of attempted capital murder more than three years ago in Baldwin City is now scheduled to begin on Aug. 3.
The defendant, Junah Augustus Sisney, 23, is alleged to have fired a gun at multiple people on Dec. 30, 2022, outside the Bullpen Bar in Baldwin City, before driving around the block, firing at more people near the Baldwin City Library, then returning to the bar and firing ...
Updated at 4:50 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9
Douglas County District Judge Sally Pokorny will step down this spring after 17 years on the bench.
Pokorny, who was appointed by Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, was sworn in on Jan. 15, 2009, to replace retiring Judge Jack Murphy. Her retirement date has been set for April 10.
Colleague Mark Simpson, chief judge of the 7th Judicial District, called Pokorny an ...
A man who had originally been charged with distributing a drug that caused a 39-year-old Lawrence man's death pleaded no contest on Friday to the lesser crime of simple distribution of fentanyl.
Harlan Epps had been charged in the overdose death of Justin Jones, who died in his home on June 5, 2023. On Friday, Senior Assistant District Attorney Eve Kemple and Epps' defense attorney, Angela Keck, presented a ...
The attorney for a man who was acquitted at trial Thursday in Douglas County District Court on Friday blasted news coverage of his case and said he would request a change of venue for the man's next trial, which was scheduled to begin on Feb. 18.
Razmi Tahirkheli, the attorney for 28-year-old Elijah Garcia, told Judge Stacey Donovan that "negative" and "wrong" things had been printed about Garcia in "that ...
