Courtney Lane/Lawrence Times
Mark Gridley, the former speech pathologist at Prairie Park Elementary School in Lawrence who was charged with sex crimes against students, has died at age 62.
Courtney Lane/Lawrence Times
A former Prairie Park Elementary School speech pathologist pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of sex crimes against students, and the court set his jury trial date: January 2027.
Wulfe Wulfemeyer/Lawrence Times
Attorneys agreed to delay arraignment and selection of a jury trial date for a former Prairie Park Elementary School speech pathologist facing charges of sex crimes against students.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
A former Prairie Park Elementary School speech pathologist was bound over for trial on Thursday on charges of child sex crimes against students.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Special education personnel in the Lawrence school district testified Friday that a former Prairie Park Elementary speech pathologist brought students without individualized education plans into private screenings, which is against policy.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
In interviews with a child advocate, Prairie Park Elementary students had used “uncomfortable,” “strange,” “weird” and “suspicious” to describe what they said they’d experienced by a former speech pathologist now charged with sex crimes.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
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.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
A judge on Monday ruled that she will reduce by half a $1.5 million bond for a man facing more than a dozen charges involving alleged sex crimes against seven students at Prairie Park Elementary School.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
A judge delayed her decision on Monday whether to reduce a $1.5 million bond for a man facing more than a dozen charges involving alleged sex crimes against seven students at Prairie Park Elementary School.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Douglas County prosecutors have filed 12 additional charges against a former Prairie Park Elementary School employee, now alleging that he sexually assaulted seven children.
