The Douglas County Public Defender's Office has asked to withdraw from representing a defendant in a Lawrence murder case, but a judge on Wednesday denied that request after ascertaining that the defendant wanted to keep working with his attorneys.
Public defender Gary West filed a motion earlier this month stating that he and his colleague Madeline Muller desired to withdraw from representing Aaron Wright ...
One rainy November evening nearly five years ago, a driver in a Honda Civic rear-ended a Nissan at the intersection of 23rd and Massachusetts streets.
The two drivers pulled over to assess the damage and to see if either man was injured. The accident happened at a relatively low rate of speed in what both drivers dubbed a "fender-bender." They walked around the cars, took pictures of some dents and buckles and ...
Updated at 5:56 p.m. Tuesday, June 23
A repeat felon whose case has been shrouded in secrecy and who received what some might consider an unusually generous plea deal has allegedly committed another felony less than eight months after his most recent conviction.
In the new case, which came to light Tuesday, William Michael Pope, 45, was charged with felony theft. The charge stems from a May 4 incident in which ...
A 33-year-old musician pleaded guilty Monday in a revenge porn case and is voluntarily leaving the United States as part of a plea agreement with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office.
The defendant, Di Wang, was convicted of one count of breach of privacy, a felony, involving a University of Kansas student who was his former girlfriend.
"I've made a mistake," Wang told Judge Stacey Donovan Monday ...
A massage therapist was re-arrested Wednesday after being charged last week with raping a 19-year-old female client at a Lawrence massage business.
Lawrence resident Joshua Salazar, who will turn 32 on June 21, was initially arrested shortly after the April 29 incident at Lawrence Thai Massage, 951 E. 23rd St., but he was released pending the investigation. He was re-arrested Wednesday morning, pursuant to a ...
Updated at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 17
A Dillons employee admitted to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the grocery store to buy a gaming computer and Magic the Gathering trading cards, among other purchases, according to allegations in a recently released arrest affidavit.
An asset protection manager with the store told Lawrence police he estimated that the employee, Ethan Cade Waters, 21, of Lawrence, ...
