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Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Benson Jerome Edwards Jr., 20, of Topeka, was sentenced to 89 months in prison for his involvement in the shooting during a… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson announces that this afternoon Jared L. Wheeler, 21, of Oklahoma was sentenced following his earlier no contest plea to aggravated battery, a… Go to the web page
The Kansas Supreme Court has renewed the appointment of The Honorable James R. McCabria as Chief Judge of the Seventh Judicial District. The two-year term runs from Jan. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2025. It… Go to the web page
On the afternoon of June 4, 2018, detectives with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office presented an update to District Attorney Charles Branson and several of his Senior Assistant District Attorneys… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that a jury returned a guilty verdict on one count of Rape, a Severity Level 1 Person Felony, against Erick Ogwangi, 36, of Lawrence.… Go to the web page
District Attorney Charles Branson hopes to launch a new pre-trial prosecutor led diversion program in 2018. Branson started work on the project in early 2017 as part of an effort to find… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson announced on Thursday an end to filing criminal cases for simple marijuana possession offenses. … Go to the web page
Douglas County District Court has received a grant from the National Center for State Courts’ (NCSC) Eviction Diversion Initiative to strengthen eviction diversion efforts and improve housing… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced a jury returned guilty verdicts on two counts of attempted second-degree murder, one count of aggravated battery, one count of battery… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Chloe L. Colby, 23, of Lawrence, pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy to commit unlawful distribution of… Go to the web page
Chief Judge Peggy Carr Kittel retired December 31, 2019, after 19 years of service. She had served as chief judge of the 7th Judicial District, which is composed of Douglas County… Go to the web page
The University of Kansas School of Law’s Legal Aid Clinic will host a Clean Slate Criminal Record Expungement Clinic in partnership with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office and Lawrence… Go to the web page
Longtime Douglas County District Attorney’s Office employee Cindy Riling was honored today at the 22nd Annual Crime Victims’ Rights Conference with the state’s 2019 Crime Victims Service Award in the… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson announces Eudora resident Ronald Eugene Heskett, 49, was sentenced today in the Division Six courtroom of the Honorable Peggy C. Kittel following the… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson announces that today a Douglas County jury convicted Lawrence resident Zachary J. Ortiz, 26, of the June 2014 aggravated assault of a Lawrence Police… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Zachary Jonathan Lang, 38, of Lawrence, was sentenced to 330 months for aggravated criminal sodomy.Judge Sally Pokorny sentenced… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Jose Alfredo Galiano-Meza, 29, of Overland Park, was sentenced to 68 months in prison in the fatal hit and run of a Eudora girl… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that District Judge Amy Hanley approved a settlement of a habeas corpus case filed by Sarah Gonzales-McLinn. As a result, Judge Hanley… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson announces that today a Douglas County jury convicted Eudora resident Darren Curtis Howe, 47, of criminal sodomy and indecent liberties with a… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Lawrence Police Department officers involved in the shooting death of Michael Scott Blanck at 1715 E. 21st Terrace on October 2,… Go to the web page
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