Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
A judge has ruled that Albert Wilson, whose conviction in a Lawrence rape case was overturned, is not entitled to compensation under the state’s wrongful conviction statute. The judge did not rule on whether Wilson was actually innocent.
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.
A Kansas Bureau of Investigation initiative is expected to change the state’s sexual assault evidence kit process so that survivors are no longer left in the dark.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
A former Prairie Park Elementary School speech pathologist on Thursday was declared competent to stand trial on one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child younger than 14 and one count of kidnapping, but those charges may multiply.
A Prairie Park Elementary School parent has requested an external audit, broader transparency and expanded parent support from the district after allegations of sexual assault by a former school speech pathologist came to light.
