The Douglas County Public Defender's Office has asked to withdraw from representing a defendant in a Lawrence murder case, but a judge on Wednesday denied that request after ascertaining that the defendant wanted to keep working with his attorneys. Public defender Gary West filed a motion ...
A man who was accused of robbing a Lawrence woman at her home at gunpoint four years ago pleaded guilty Thursday to a lesser offense and will potentially face several years in prison when he is sentenced later this summer. The defendant, Markcus Trey Sanders, 32, pleaded guilty in Douglas ...
One rainy November evening nearly five years ago, a driver in a Honda Civic rear-ended a Nissan at the intersection of 23rd and Massachusetts streets. The two drivers pulled over to assess the damage and to see if either man was injured. The accident happened at a relatively low rate of speed ...
The 7th Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected three finalists as candidates to replace retired Judge Sally Pokorny on the Douglas County District Court bench. Two of the finalists are currently pro tem judges on the court: Blake Glover, of Baldwin City, and Paul Klepper, of ...
Updated at 5:56 p.m. Tuesday, June 23 A repeat felon whose case has been shrouded in secrecy and who received what some might consider an unusually generous plea deal has allegedly committed another felony less than eight months after his most recent conviction. In the new case, which came to ...
A Lawrence woman was charged with aggravated battery Monday after she allegedly beat and kicked another woman, causing severe facial injuries. Natina Parker, 31, was arrested Saturday evening in the 1000 block of New Jersey Street in East Lawrence. Police said in a release Monday that they ...