Juvenile Immediate Intervention Process (IIP) Information

Senate Bill 367 (SB 367), enacted in 2016, revised the Juvenile Justice Code. One of the goals of SB 367 is to keep low risk juvenile offenders out of the juvenile offender system. K.S.A. 38-2346 mandates that effective, July 1, 2017, the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office will no longer be able to offer its Juvenile Diversion program. K.S.A. 38-2346, however, establishes an Immediate Intervention Process (IIP) by which juveniles may avoid facing adjudication as a juvenile offender.

Linwood man receives concurrent sentences in Eudora attempted sexual assault

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Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Warren F. Jones, 44, of Linwood, was sentenced to 31 months in prison for attempted aggravated sexual battery of an elderly Eudora woman with dementia.

District Court Judge Amy Hanley also sentenced Jones to 13 months in prison for a second attempted aggravated sexual battery count in the same case. Jones, who will serve both sentences concurrently in the Kansas Department of Corrections, is subject to 12 months post release and must register as a sex offender for 25 years.

District Attorney Suzanne Valdez’s Statement on Kansas Senate Bill 180

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Kansas Senate Bill 180 goes into effect on July 1, 2023. This statewide law bars transgender people from using restrooms, locker rooms and other public facilities that have been earmarked for cisgender use. Until this bill was passed, trans people were free to utilize these services according to their gender identity.

Lawrence man pleads to aggravated sexual battery of teen

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Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez announced that Isaiah J. Duckworth, 35, of Lawrence, pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated sexual battery prior to the start of his trial Tuesday. 

The convictions stem from incidents that occurred in October 2022 when Duckworth unlawfully touched a then 16-year-old Lawrence girl while Duckworth was staying in the same residence as the girl. 

“Survivors of sexual assault have a voice in Douglas County," District Attorney Valdez said.