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Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence police say they’ve cracked a decades-old child sex abuse case; suspect arrested
The Lawrence Police Department announced Tuesday the arrest of a man who they believe sexually assaulted children more than two decades ago, identified through DNA.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence police say they’ve cracked a decades-old child sex abuse case; suspect arrested
The Lawrence Police Department announced Tuesday the arrest of a man who they believe sexually assaulted children more than two decades ago, identified through DNA.
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Kansas death penalty case derailed by fighting, firing and fear at public defense agency
Conflict raging within the state public defense agency has sidetracked a capital murder case while competing factions wrestle for control.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Man sentenced to decade in prison for murder of Lawrence teen
A mother on Friday said the sentencing of a 19-year-old Lawrence man who murdered her son offered her no closure.
Kansas Court of Appeals judges to hear arguments at KU
A panel of Kansas Court of Appeals judges will convene in Lawrence to hear arguments in two criminal cases and a civil case as part of the court’s observance of Constitution Day.
A New York Times reporter in Kansas was secretly tracked. He’s suing the FBI for more information
The New York Times is suing the FBI for allegedly withholding information about a tracking device that a reporter found on his car in Lawrence in October of 2021.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Man charged with second-degree murder in Lawrence woman’s death
A Lawrence man was formally charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in the death of 35-year-old Jina Reyes.
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Slain Lawrence woman was an artist, mother of two
The Lawrence woman who was killed Friday was Jina Anne Reyes, 35. She was a mother to a daughter and a son, and she was known for her creativity, according to her obituary.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Kansas Supreme Court finds former Douglas County DA did not violate professional rules of conduct
The Kansas Supreme Court has decided to not to suspend former Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez’s law license for one year or impose any sanctions against her, dismissing a long-running professional conduct case.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Woman killed in apparent stabbing in Lawrence
A 35-year-old woman is dead from an apparent stabbing in Lawrence, according to police.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence speech pathologist charged with child sex crimes bonds out of jail
Days after a judge reduced his bond to $750,000, Mark Gridley, a former speech pathologist charged with child sex crimes at a Lawrence elementary school, has bonded out of the Douglas County jail.
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy loses certification for lying about crash location
A former deputy with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has lost his law enforcement certification for lying about the location of a crash in which he was driving a county vehicle.
