While investigating a man's alleged sex crimes against children, Lawrence police found video evidence that the man had raped two women and sexually abused a dog, according to recently released arrest affidavits.
The Douglas County District Attorney's Office and the attorney for defendant Kenneth Wayne Soap had asked a judge to keep the affidavits from being seen by the public, as the Journal-World reported, but ...
The state is asking a Douglas County judge to keep the public from seeing the reasons why law enforcement arrested a man accused of numerous sex crimes.
The Douglas County District Attorney's Office this week filed motions to have probable cause affidavits sealed in three cases related to defendant Kenneth W. Soap, and Soap's attorney has also filed motions to keep the information from the public.
An arrest ...
Updated at 4:35 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22
A former Raintree Montessori School employee accused of inappropriately touching two preschoolers three years ago at the private school took a plea agreement on Friday and faces a sentence of more than 15 years in prison.
Mateo Clavel Wills, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated kidnapping and one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child on Friday in ...
A Lawrence police officer will not be immune from prosecution after a Shawnee County judge on Monday rejected the officer's claim of self-defense and found his testimony "not credible."
Lt. Myrone Grady, an award-winning, 23-year-veteran with the Lawrence Police Department, was charged with misdemeanor battery last February after allegedly striking a man and knocking him down following Grady's son's basketball ...
A 36-year-old registered sex offender was ordered on Thursday to stand trial after a woman testified that he raped her three years ago at a Lawrence mobile home park.
The man, Michael Ken Aller, of Lawrence, entered a plea of not guilty at the conclusion of Thursday's preliminary hearing and is scheduled to stand trial in January 2026. He is currently out of custody on a $60,000 bond.
The woman, in her 40s, ...
Updated at 9:40 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14
The Douglas County District Attorney's Office and the lawyer for a man accused of numerous sex crimes are attempting to reach a "global resolution" for five separate cases the man is facing.
The process involves working with the U.S. Attorney's Office, which could potentially file federal charges against the man, Kenneth Wayne Soap, for allegedly preying on girls at ...
