A Lawrence man will spend three years on probation for a sex crime against an 11-year-old girl, pursuant to a plea agreement with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office.
The sex offender, Shelton Robertson, was originally charged with rape in the July 2021 incident in which he got into bed with a child and assaulted her, but in June he entered a plea to two counts of aggravated sexual battery — a ...
A man began serving 60 days of "shock time" Tuesday as part of his punishment for a pair of felonies against a 14-year-old girl two years ago.
The man, Mark B. Lee, was originally charged with rape, indecent liberties with a child and aggravated intimidation of a witness connected to incidents in the spring of 2024. Those charges were amended to aggravated battery and aggravated intimidation of a witness as ...
On the day of a celebration of life for a murdered teen, a woman rushed home when she received a worrying text that "the whiteboys" were walking around her eastern Lawrence neighborhood. Shortly after she arrived home, she and her boyfriend were shot by one of those "boys" in her doorway, according to a recently released affidavit in the case.
The woman identified the shooter as "Rondo" and "the whiteboys" as a ...
Updated at 2:20 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026
A Douglas County jury has found a Lawrence YouTuber guilty of felony interference with a law enforcement officer after deliberating for about one hour.
Prosecutor Eve Kemple had described the case as a very simple one, and apparently jurors agreed; they began deliberating right after 11 a.m., when their lunch was ordered, and reached a verdict right around noon, ...
An ex-cop who was fired for untruthfulness and conduct unbecoming an officer took the stand Wednesday as a defense witness for a Lawrence man accused of felony interference.
Ex-Officer Shawn Gross' appearance as a witness for YouTuber Phillip Michael Eravi was striking because Eravi has spent years vociferously accusing police of being untruthful, including screaming "Liar!" at Lawrence's police chief during ...
A Douglas County jury on Tuesday watched dramatic video of a so-called citizen journalist being arrested for interfering with the duties of a police officer at the scene of a "high-intensity" armed standoff, and they heard from a teen who said it was "obvious" that no civilian should have entered that scene.
In the police body-camera footage, Lawrence resident Phillip Michael Eravi is shown flailing against ...
