A 74-year-old Lawrence landlord is standing trial this week on multiple allegations of child sex crimes dating back to 2016. According to the state, the defendant, Mark Duane Strand, took indecent liberties with three girls under the age of 14, including raping one of them repeatedly when she ...
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 ...