The state and defense are at odds regarding whether an arrest affidavit of a man accused of molesting a child should be kept from the public — a disagreement that should soon be resolved by a court order. The case involves 75-year-old defendant Steven Braswell, who was arrested last month ...
The names of nine nominees to replace retired Judge Sally Pokorny as a Douglas County District Court judge were announced Friday afternoon. Pokorny, who presided over Division 2 and primarily heard felony criminal cases, retired on April 10 after 17 years on the bench. The 7th Judicial ...
A felony domestic violence case that was set to go to trial on Monday was derailed at the very last minute Friday, when one of the defendant's appointed attorneys was allowed to withdraw from the case. The case will now begin anew with a different court-appointed attorney. Attorney Michael ...
A Douglas County inmate who was seeking to visit his infant daughter at a Kansas City, Missouri, hospital, was given court permission to do so on Friday, but by then the child had died. The inmate, Jaystyn Curtiss, 20, of Lawrence, was still going to be allowed to see his child on Friday ...
A 31-year-old man facing a lengthy prison term choked back tears Thursday as he apologized to a long list of people, expressed regret for endangering them and promised to change his ways. "I can do better and will do better," Garnel Moore Williams told Douglas County Judge Amy Hanley, who ...
A 20-year-old Lawrence man was charged Thursday with three felonies and a misdemeanor after an alleged attempted stabbing Wednesday night at a Lawrence apartment. The man, Magdiel Villa Martinez, was arrested with the help of a police dog, at an apartment on 26th Street just west of Iowa ...