The Lawrence Police Department and Douglas County Sheriff’s Office are unaware of any ICE raids occurring in Lawrence on Friday, despite multiple social media posts purporting that residents had been detained at their workplaces and elsewhere. The Journal-World received several messages on ...
A Lawrence man has been ordered to stand trial on charges of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy after an 18-year-old woman testified that the man assaulted her on a couch at his apartment after an evening out. Douglas County Judge Sally Pokorny on Friday found probable cause to believe that ...
A judge denied house arrest on Friday for an international student accused of rape after hearing from a professor and Catholic deacon who had offered to let the student stay in his home. The student, Calistus Chukwuma Ezenwa, 21, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of ...
A hearing in Douglas County District Court was delayed on Friday for a Lawrence teen accused in a shooting after the victim failed to appear to testify. The teen, Cameron Jay Cooper, 18, is charged with one count of aggravated battery in connection with a shooting on Nov. 11, 2024, around ...
No plea deal is in sight for the Lawrence man accused of drunkenly crashing his car into a Lawrence restaurant more than two years ago and injuring multiple diners. The defendant, Brandon Lee Vess, 31, appeared Friday in Douglas County District Court for a conference ahead of his scheduled ...
An Olathe man was granted probation on Thursday for his part in a 2019 armed robbery and home invasion, for which his co-defendants have been serving time in prison for years. The man, Anei Deng Anei-Yor, 27, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of robbery in November 2024, and Judge Stacey ...