Although Douglas County District Attorney Dakota Loomis said earlier this year that his wife’s “transition director” position with his office would be temporary, she was still on his payroll a year after his election — a situation that the former deputy DA said has been bad for the office.
Loomis initially declined over the summer to answer questions about his wife's expected end date, but, when pressed ...
Sentencing for a convicted rapist that was scheduled for Dec. 22 has now been moved to a month after the holidays as his attorneys prepare a motion for a judgment of acquittal or a new trial.
Miquel Brown, 33, of Lawrence, was found guilty by a Douglas County jury on Nov. 5 of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy.
The state initially objected to a delay in sentencing, but on Tuesday prosecutor Ricardo Leal ...
A Baldwin City man who angrily confronted a group of Hispanic construction workers while armed was convicted Tuesday of two counts of aggravated assault.
The man, Craig Endecott, 55, pleaded no contest to the two felonies as part of a plea deal with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office, which dropped three other counts of aggravated assault. Endecott at one time had also been charged with criminal ...
Recent visitors to downtown Lawrence may have noticed a few things looking different near 11th and Massachusetts streets. The obvious one is the hulking addition taking shape to the south of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. The more subtle one is the absence of trees on the lawn between the JLEC and the historic Douglas County Courthouse.
About a dozen stumps now dot the once-shady green space, remnants ...
Knowing that he could be going to prison for years, a convicted rapist fervently hugged his new wife Tuesday before the judge entered the courtroom to hear several motions in his case and to potentially sentence him.
About an hour into the hearing, however, it was clear that Reston Phillips, who got married shortly after his May conviction, would not be going to prison but would be returning to his mother's ...
Updated at 3:32 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24
Several people were held at gunpoint over the weekend and some were strip-searched after a man claimed money had been stolen from him at an apartment on Michigan Street, according to Lawrence police.
LPD's Crisis Response Team was activated early Sunday morning to execute a search warrant after the people had been held for nearly three hours.
On Monday, the Douglas ...
