An ex-cop who was fired for untruthfulness and conduct unbecoming an officer took the stand Wednesday as a defense witness for a Lawrence man accused of felony interference.
Ex-Officer Shawn Gross' appearance as a witness for YouTuber Phillip Michael Eravi was striking because Eravi has spent years vociferously accusing police of being untruthful, including screaming "Liar!" at Lawrence's police chief during ...
A Douglas County jury on Tuesday watched dramatic video of a so-called citizen journalist being arrested for interfering with the duties of a police officer at the scene of a "high-intensity" armed standoff, and they heard from a teen who said it was "obvious" that no civilian should have entered that scene.
In the police body-camera footage, Lawrence resident Phillip Michael Eravi is shown flailing against ...
A Lawrence police sergeant testified for hours on Monday about her order to arrest a so-called "First Amendment auditor" who is charged with felony interference with law enforcement in connection with an armed standoff between police and a shooting suspect more than three years ago.
A Douglas County jury over the course of a weeklong trial will weigh the credibility of the sergeant, Meagan Shipley, and ...
After the computer system in the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office underwent an apparently serious cyberattack, the office is declining to release any details about the matter, including whether the attack exposed people’s personal information or how much taxpayer money is being spent on addressing the problem.
The county's public information officer, in denying a records request, has told the Journal-World ...
Updated at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20
About an hour after a jury began deliberating a Douglas County aggravated assault case, the parties were called back into the courtroom over what appeared to be a grave matter.
Judge Stacey Donovan did not publicly disclose what the issue was, but it appeared to be about the jury and could therefore have potentially led to a mistrial, based on statements overheard in the ...
Updated at 5:35 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20
A Douglas County jury on Thursday acquitted a defendant who claimed that he had pulled a handgun at a gas station last year in self-defense because he feared that another store patron was going to kill him.
The jury of six men and six women listened to evidence over two days and returned two not-guilty verdicts within about two and a half hours.
The defendant, Jason ...
