A defendant accused of interfering with law enforcement will be allowed to argue at trial that police bias played a role in his arrest, but he will not be allowed to subpoena a file that he claims was compiled by Lawrence police to vilify him and to interfere with his rights under the First Amendment.
Douglas County Judge Amy Hanley made that ruling Monday after hearing conflicting testimony from an ex-corporal ...
A man accused of three sex crimes against two Lawrence children in the early 2000s pleaded not guilty on Monday, waived his upcoming preliminary hearing and told the court that he and the state intended to talk to a local judge about possibly mediating the case.
David Zimbrick, who's been charged with one count of rape, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy and one count of aggravated indecent liberties with ...
Two Lawrence middle school boys are facing felony charges after allegedly "catfishing" a nude selfie out of a fellow eighth-grader and then sharing the ill-gotten image with other youths at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School.
Catfishing is the act of creating a fake identity to deceive someone into taking a particular action such as sharing an intimate photo.
The two boys, who appeared in Douglas County ...
The Douglas County Public Defender's Office has asked to withdraw from representing a defendant in a Lawrence murder case, but a judge on Wednesday denied that request after ascertaining that the defendant wanted to keep working with his attorneys.
Public defender Gary West filed a motion earlier this month stating that he and his colleague Madeline Muller desired to withdraw from representing Aaron Wright ...
A man who was accused of robbing a Lawrence woman at her home at gunpoint four years ago pleaded guilty Thursday to a lesser offense and will potentially face several years in prison when he is sentenced later this summer.
The defendant, Markcus Trey Sanders, 32, pleaded guilty in Douglas County District Court to attempted aggravated residential burglary. He had originally been charged with aggravated robbery ...
One rainy November evening nearly five years ago, a driver in a Honda Civic rear-ended a Nissan at the intersection of 23rd and Massachusetts streets.
The two drivers pulled over to assess the damage and to see if either man was injured. The accident happened at a relatively low rate of speed in what both drivers dubbed a "fender-bender." They walked around the cars, took pictures of some dents and buckles and ...
