A teen from Washington state has been charged with aggravated burglary of an assisted living facility in Lawrence. Adrian Elias Savala, 18, of Wapato, Washington, was arrested around 2 a.m. Saturday on suspicion of burglarizing Monterey Villages Assisted Living at 3901 Peterson Road. Court ...
A former Lawrence High School teacher who had a sexual relationship with a teen more than a quarter of a century ago has been ordered to stand trial for aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Douglas County Judge Stacey Donovan determined on Friday, after hearing evidence last week, that ...
A man who was put on probation after sexually assaulting a child - and who subsequently violated that probation four times - will now have to serve his underlying prison sentence of 10-plus years. The man, Trey L. Gibson, was handcuffed and locked up Thursday afternoon immediately after Chief ...
The defense attorney for a man charged with murder in a recent downtown shooting is claiming that his client acted in self-defense or defense of others, and he intends to request immunity from prosecution. Branden Smith, who represents Daileon Maurice Thomas, 23, asked Judge Stacy Donovan on ...
A man has been charged in connection with the fentanyl death of a 21-year-old Lawrence woman. Miles Robert Clasen, 25, of Lawrence, is facing one count of distribution of a controlled substance causing death in the case of Olivia Mae Hassell, who died on July 7, 2025. According to Lawrence ...
A three-time sex offender will serve nearly six years in prison after a Douglas County judge on Wednesday rejected a public defender's request that his client be put on probation. The attorney, Angelo Panas-Cabrera, argued - with the help of three psychology experts - that sex offender Quortez ...