Updated at 3:20 p.m. Friday, June 28, 2024 Nearly a week after her deputy abruptly departed her office, District Attorney Suzanne Valdez has not publicly commented on the reason for the departure or answered many questions related to the matter. Deputy District Attorney Joshua Seiden, widely regarded as a top decision-maker in the DA’s office, abruptly left Valdez’s employ shortly after he was seen on ...
One count of rape in a three-count complaint was dismissed on Friday after a Lawrence defense attorney successfully argued that it was barred by the statute of limitations, and the other two rape counts could face a similar fate when a judge makes a ruling in November. The dismissal occurred in the case of Lance Yoder, who is accused of raping two girls in the early 2000s. Kansas no longer has a statute of ...
A Douglas County jury on Thursday convicted a Lawrence man of beating a woman with a sex toy after he found it in her nightstand drawer and allegedly became enraged. The jury also found the man guilty of criminal damage to property, but acquitted him of the trial’s most serious charge: aggravated domestic battery by choking. The jury rendered its verdicts in the case of Servando Martinez-Vazquez, 24, after ...
Updated at 3:25 p.m. Tuesday, June 25 A photograph and video of the former Douglas County deputy district attorney imitating a man who was once prosecuted by the DA's office were released Tuesday pursuant to a Kansas Open Records request. The video also shows District Attorney Suzanne Valdez laughing while watching the scene. The Journal-World has reached out to the DA's office for comment on the matter, but ...
Story updated at 6:48 p.m. Monday, June 24: Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez’s right-hand man, Deputy District Attorney Joshua Seiden, is no longer employed by her office, and the local sheriff confirmed his deputies saw Seiden on Friday seemingly impersonating a controversial public commenter. The abrupt departure took many in the legal community by surprise, given the significant role ...
A fight erupted Monday outside the Douglas County Courthouse after the man accused of killing a 17-year-old Lawrence boy made his first court appearance. Numerous supporters for the deceased, Lawrence resident Isaiah Neal, attended the brief hearing, at which defendant Cir Allen Keith Glover, 18, of Lawrence, appeared via video from the Douglas County Jail. After the hearing, about eight or 10 people could ...