A Douglas County jury on Thursday convicted a Lawrence man of beating a woman with a sex toy after he found it in her nightstand drawer and allegedly became enraged. The jury also found the man guilty of criminal damage to property, but acquitted him of the trial’s most serious charge: aggravated domestic battery by choking.
The jury rendered its verdicts in the case of Servando Martinez-Vazquez, 24, after ...
Updated at 3:25 p.m. Tuesday, June 25
A photograph and video of the former Douglas County deputy district attorney imitating a man who was once prosecuted by the DA's office were released Tuesday pursuant to a Kansas Open Records request. The video also shows District Attorney Suzanne Valdez laughing while watching the scene.
The Journal-World has reached out to the DA's office for comment on the matter, but ...
Story updated at 6:48 p.m. Monday, June 24:
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez’s right-hand man, Deputy District Attorney Joshua Seiden, is no longer employed by her office, and the local sheriff confirmed his deputies saw Seiden on Friday seemingly impersonating a controversial public commenter.
The abrupt departure took many in the legal community by surprise, given the significant role ...
A fight erupted Monday outside the Douglas County Courthouse after the man accused of killing a 17-year-old Lawrence boy made his first court appearance.
Numerous supporters for the deceased, Lawrence resident Isaiah Neal, attended the brief hearing, at which defendant Cir Allen Keith Glover, 18, of Lawrence, appeared via video from the Douglas County Jail.
After the hearing, about eight or 10 people could ...
The rape trial for former Illinois star basketball player Terrence Shannon will begin Monday at 9 a.m. sharp, after a Douglas County judge pointedly denied the state’s attempt to continue it.
In her ruling Tuesday, Judge Amy Hanley also raised implicit questions about the District Attorney’s Office’s ability to have qualified attorneys at the ready for contingencies that arise in court schedules.
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The last time Theatre Lawrence performed the Broadway classic “Fiddler on the Roof” was nearly 25 years ago, and it has been trying for the past 14 years to do it again — with no success until now.
That’s because getting the rights to a show can be tricky, and the more popular the show the trickier. If a professional company is performing the show anywhere in the area, community theaters are essentially ...
