A Douglas County judge on Tuesday sentenced a Gardner man to two years of probation in connection with a high-speed wrong-way police pursuit on Kansas Highway 10 in 2021.
The man, Christopher Dale, 37, emotionally hugged his defense attorney, Jessica Glendening, after Judge Amy Hanley ruled in his favor and against the District Attorney's Office, which had sought the prison sentence that was presumed under ...
A 43-year-old Lawrence man is likely facing more than 16 years in prison after being convicted Monday of child abuse and aggravated indecent solicitation of a child.
The man, Joshua William Spence, pleaded no contest in Douglas County District Court to child abuse by impeding the breathing of a young boy, who is listed in court documents as having been born in 2018, and to three counts of aggravated indecent ...
A Baldwin City man will soon stand trial for attempted capital murder after plea negotiations with the state proved unsuccessful.
Junah Sisney, 23, is alleged to have fired a gun at multiple people on Dec. 30, 2022, outside of the Bullpen Bar, 811 Eighth St. in Baldwin City, before driving around the block, firing at more people near the Baldwin City Library, 800 Seventh St., then returning to the bar and ...
Updated at 4:14 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15
The Douglas County District Attorney's Office cut a plea deal Wednesday with a repeat felon who was accused of trying to rob a woman at gunpoint at a liquor store, agreeing that there would be "no finding" that a firearm was used, dropping two other felony charges, not objecting to the man's GPS monitor being removed in the months before he will be sentenced and ...
A Douglas County judge has ruled against a man who was suing the State of Kansas for wrongful conviction and imprisonment in a 2016 rape case.
Judge Carl Folsom III in an order filed Monday found that Albert Wilson, who was convicted of raping a 17-year-old, did not meet his burden of showing actual innocence as required by state law.
Wilson, of Wichita, was convicted of rape in 2019 and sentenced to more than ...
A convicted child molester will be allowed to have supervised visits with three family members ahead of his sentencing on Oct. 30, when it's expected that he will receive a lengthy prison term.
Such visits had, up until Tuesday, been forbidden by a court order that said Mateo Clavel Wills could not have contact with any minor children or witnesses in his case, which began more than three years ago, when he was ...
