Sally Pokorny

Crime & Courts August 29, 2022 - 5:22 pm

Anti-mask protester pleads no contest to reduced charges; will serve probation for incident at a Lawrence vaccine clinic

A Lawrence man who had been facing two felony charges of aggravated assault after an incident outside of a vaccine clinic for kids last fall agreed to plead no contest on Monday to two misdemeanor charges, and he will serve a year of probation.

Crime & Courts January 11, 2022 - 9:58 pm

Douglas County’s Behavioral Health Court helps those with mental illness break the cycle of incarceration

by Andrea Albright

Members of Douglas County’s Behavioral Health Court shared how the program has progressed during the past four years and how administrators might further improve the program in the future during a meeting of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council on Tuesday.

Crime & Courts November 8, 2021 - 11:29 am

No new judge in Carrody Buchhorn’s case, court rules

by Mackenzie Clark

The Douglas County District Court has denied a motion for a change of judge after the defendant’s derogatory statements in private phone calls about the judge assigned to her murder case were publicized by prosecutors.

Anti-mask protester pleads no contest to reduced charges; will serve probation for incident at a Lawrence vaccine clinic

Douglas County’s Behavioral Health Court helps those with mental illness break the cycle of incarceration

No new judge in Carrody Buchhorn’s case, court rules

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