A Douglas County jury on Tuesday found a 64-year-old man guilty of lewd and lascivious behavior after several witnesses testified that the man had publicly masturbated at an apartment complex's swimming pool in the presence of a minor. Jay Janicke's attorneys from the Public Defenders Office ...
The state says the defendant was masturbating at a pool in front of a minor, but his attorneys claim he was innocently "adjusting himself." If a Douglas County jury believes prosecutor Adam Carey and the four witnesses he put on the stand Monday, defendant Jay Janicke will be convicted of a ...
A 45-year-old Lenexa man is facing three felony charges after he allegedly burglarized a KU fraternity. Lawrence police arrested Ryan Craig Woods — with the assistance of camera footage — Thursday pursuant to a warrant. The break-in allegedly occurred on Aug. 22. Two charges of aggravated ...
The State of Kansas spent millions of dollars prosecuting an innocent woman and subsequently defending itself against her wrongful conviction lawsuit, and now taxpayers may be on the hook for millions more as a judge decides whether the state also has to pay her attorneys more than $4.5 million ...
"He didn't wake up wanting to kill my dad, but he did," 16-year-old Kate Schupp told a judge Thursday morning. Kate was with her father, Skip Schupp, in his 1965 Ford truck on July 18, 2025, when Zachary Odom, high on methadone, recklessly plowed his Ford Focus straight into them, killing Skip ...
A deputy public defender has been selected as the new pro tem judge for the Douglas County District Court. Gary West will fill the position previously held by Blake Glover, who was recently appointed by Gov. Laura Kelly to be a district judge. West will begin his appointment on Oct. 5. Pro ...