A Lawrence man who has frequently been disruptive and at times violent in court and in jail was sentenced to two additional years in prison on Friday for spitting in a correctional officer's mouth. The man, John Timothy Price, 36, was convicted of one felony count of battery on a law ...
A Eudora man was ordered to stand trial on Wednesday after a teenage girl testified that he touched her in ways that made her feel uncomfortable and repeatedly exposed himself to her on video chat while she was playing online video games. After a hearing in Douglas County District Court that ...
A Lawrence man who was convicted earlier this year of killing a 20-year-old Topeka man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to threatening a corrections officer while in custody. Maliqe Crenshaw, 24, pleaded guilty in Douglas County District Court to one count of criminal threat as part of a plea ...
"I don’t like it when Mateo touches my bottom at naptime." Those words, a Lawrence mother testified Tuesday in Douglas County District Court, were from her 3-year-old daughter when she was putting her to bed one night in July of 2022. And they were a first sign for her that something was ...
TOPEKA — Kansas officials have settled a lawsuit over delays in providing mental health evaluations and treatment for incarcerated individuals in county jails. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and the National Police Accountability Project in May 2022 filed the federal ...
With AAA forecasting Thanksgiving travel to exceed pre-pandemic levels, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is encouraging travelers to buckle up, use proper child safety seats and avoid impaired and distracted driving. “We are glad to see people on the roads and hope everyone has an ...