Lawrence man charged with rape and kidnapping is convicted of low-level felony battery charge in plea agreement—state supports probation.
Frank J. Martinez, 36, was initially charged with three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, all offgrid-level felonies, and two counts of indecent liberties with a child, both lower-level felonies.
A former Haskell Indian Nations University student will not be tried a third time on charges of raping another student.
Drake is charged with first-degree murder, but he says his use of deadly force was legal under Kansas’ so-called stand-your-ground law.
One of four men charged with first-degree murder in the botched robbery of the She’s a Pistol store in January acted in self-defense, his lawyers claim.
His defense attorney, Angela Keck, asked Pokorny to give her client a 13-year prison sentence with the opportunity to receive treatment.
Rontarus Washington Jr.'s defense attorneys, Adam Hall and Angela Keck, sit to his right.