A man's preliminary hearing for attempted murder began dramatically Friday with the alleged victim, before the judge even took the bench, claiming loudly and profanely to the gallery that she was never going to testify and begging repeatedly to leave.
She nevertheless was called as the first witness against Dustin Ian Lane, 39, whom Judge Sally Pokorny, by hearing's end, would order to stand trial for attempted ...
A Lawrence man has been charged with bank robbery in relation to a July 2 theft from a local bank, and a federal complaint details the weekslong investigation by local police and FBI agents that led to his arrest.
The man, Alfonzo Cole, 41, appeared in Douglas County District Court on two burglary charges Wednesday, when local prosecutors alerted the court that the federal indictment was expected, as the ...
A Lawrence man was sentenced Thursday to more than four years in prison for his role in a 2022 case that was originally charged as attempted second-degree murder of a man in his 70s.
The defendant, Shane Jamarr White, 46, entered a deal in June with the state in which he pleaded no contest to reduced charges: attempted aggravated battery and aggravated assault, both felonies. As part of the deal, the attempted ...
A felony charge against a man accused of choking a woman was dismissed Thursday after the victim became uncooperative and failed to appear at the defendant’s preliminary hearing.
The defendant, Timothy Lamont Joseph Cable, 29, had faced a charge of aggravated domestic battery, but Judge Amy Hanley, at the state’s request, dismissed the case without prejudice, meaning it could be brought again. Assistant ...
A 23-year-old Lawrence man was found guilty Wednesday in Douglas County District Court of felony flee and elude after a police chase in March ended in a crash in a motel parking lot.
The defendant, Malachi Starr, entered a no contest plea to the charge, which is related to an incident around midnight on March 15 when a Lawrence police officer clocked Starr driving over 80 mph in a 35 mph zone along Iowa Street. ...
A Lawrence man facing two counts of burglarizing two local businesses made his first appearance Wednesday in Douglas County District Court, where prosecutors informed the court that the man is also facing an imminent federal indictment for bank robbery.
The defendant, Alfonzo Cole, 41, was arrested on outstanding warrants last week and appeared in Judge Amy Hanley’s courtroom via Zoom from the Douglas County ...
