A firm trial date has now been set for a man accused of raping a woman in Lawrence more than seven years ago — after the court and the state both expressed frustration with multiple delays sought by the defendant.
“I’m not moving these dates, so don’t ask,” Judge Amy Hanley told the parties on Thursday as she scheduled a May 2025 trial for Reston K. Phillips, whose defense attorney, Joe Huerter, has ...
A Lawrence man was found guilty Wednesday in Douglas County District Court of recklessly fleeing from police and battering an officer.
The defendant, Michael Andrew Smith, 40, as part of a deal with the District Attorney’s Office, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery of an officer and to felony flee and elude.
The charges stem from an incident on May 6 when officers attempted to stop Smith on suspicion of ...
A Lawrence man who was charged last year with attempted first-degree murder after allegedly shooting a man was found guilty Wednesday in Douglas County District Court of the lesser crime of aggravated battery.
Evan Gauge Heffner, 19, pleaded no contest to the reduced charge as part of a deal with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office. In exchange for his plea, the DA’s Office dismissed multiple ...
A Douglas County judge on Wednesday delayed a plea hearing for a man accused of recklessly discharging a firearm so that the conviction would not show up during an employer’s upcoming background check of the man.
Michael Page, the defense attorney for Miles Smothers, and Senior Assistant District Attorney Ricardo Leal told Judge Stacey Donovan that they were all ready to go Wednesday with a plea deal for ...
A man accused of chasing a couple with a hatchet last year near a homeless camp in North Lawrence pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Douglas County District Court, and a trial date was set for late fall.
Brandon Eugene Snow, 33, was originally charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with an incident on June 15, 2023, on the levee trail behind Johnny's Tavern. At a ...
The case against a former Lawrence school district janitor was abruptly dismissed Tuesday in Douglas County District Court after his attorney informed the judge that the pornography he was alleged to have possessed was of an adult woman, not of a child.
The revelation came about after the defendant, Thomas Allen Gallagher, 62, had spent about three months in the county jail on the felony charge of sexually ...
