A Lawrence man who has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his grandmother has been declared incompetent to stand trial.
Judge Stacey Donovan on Tuesday ordered Marcus Logan Cassella, 25, to Larned State Hospital and set a new status conference for Aug. 25 in the case. If Cassella can't get a bed at Larned by that date, the court will set a new date. Inmates frequently have to wait months for ...
Updated at 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 4
The trial in a 4-year-old double-homicide case got underway Monday morning in Douglas County District Court with jury selection and is expected to take three weeks.
The first panel of 30-plus potential jurors convened in the courtroom of Judge Amy Hanley, to be followed by five more panels in coming days. Hanley intends to seat 16 jurors, a number that includes four ...
A Lawrence man pleaded guilty to two counts of rape Friday in Douglas County District Court and will face nearly 38 years in prison when he is sentenced this summer.
The defendant, Kenneth Wayne Soap, 46, committed the crimes in 2009. Pursuant to a search warrant, police found photos and videos on his computer of Soap performing sex acts on unconscious women, according to prosecutor Megan Ahsens, who laid out a ...
Updated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 1
A teen who was acquitted four months ago of aggravated assault with a gun was arrested Friday on suspicion of armed robbery.
Jayse Michael Sloop, 18, was taken into custody around midnight. The Douglas County Jail booking log indicates that the arrest occurred at 102 N. Eighth St., which the log lists as the Eighth Street boat ramp. However, a spokeswoman for the Lawrence ...
A 24-year-old man who was operating a vehicle with more than four times the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream was convicted of his fourth DUI — a felony — on Thursday in Douglas County District Court.
The defendant, Hunter Neis, was arrested for his fourth DUI in August of last year, just four months after he was stopped for his third DUI in Osage County, in which his blood-alcohol level was more ...
A senior apartment complex just south of downtown Lawrence was evacuated late Wednesday morning after a fire in one of the units.
No one was injured in the incident, Battalion Chief Aaron Flory said, but one unit was fire-damaged and multiple units were water-damaged by sprinklers. He said the cause of the fire was under investigation.
Firefighters were called to the complex at 1700 Massachusetts, known as ...
