http://www.yourstreet.com/news/sedgwick-county-district-court YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us A multiple DUI offender mistakenly sent to work release early will serve his full 18-month sentence in jail, a Sedgwick County District Court judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Warren Wilbert said the 109 days Johnny Dore spent on work release due to a clerical error in... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749503/judge-dui-offender-to-serve-full-jail-sentence Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:08:08 -0700 A former Sedgwick County Jail inmate who suffered permanent brain damage when he was beaten by a detention deputy has sued jail officials, claiming they are wrongfully housing mentally ill inmates in isolation cells. The lawsuit, filed late Friday in Sedgwick County... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6642193/beaten-inmate-s-lawuit-claims-jail-mistreats-mentally-ill Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:14:08 -0700 A former Sedgwick County Jail inmate who suffered permanent brain damage when he was beaten by a detention deputy has sued jail officials, claiming they are wrongfully housing mentally ill inmates in isolation cells. The lawsuit, filed late Friday in Sedgwick County... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6642025/beaten-inmate-s-lawuit-claims-jail-mistreats-mentally-ill Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:44:08 -0700 A former Sedgwick County Jail inmate who suffered permanent brain damage when he was beaten by a detention deputy has sued jail officials, claiming they are wrongfully housing mentally ill inmates in isolation cells. The lawsuit, filed late Friday in Sedgwick County... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6642026/beaten-inmate-s-lawuit-claims-jail-mistreats-mentally-ill Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:44:08 -0700 As a former defense lawyer and legislator and now a judge, Phil Journey has seen how people hurt themselves by drinking and driving. "I want people to know that even on a first-offense DUI, it will affect their lives for years," said Journey, now a Sedgwick County... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6577500/event-drives-home-consequences-of-driving-drunk Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:30:08 -0700 As a former defense lawyer and legislator and now a judge, Phil Journey has seen how people hurt themselves by drinking and driving. "I want people to know that even on a first-offense DUI, it will affect their lives for years," said Journey, now a Sedgwick County... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6577518/event-drives-home-consequences-of-driving-drunk Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:30:08 -0700 It took 14 months for the first juvenile jury trial to reach Wichita, after the Kansas Supreme Court ruled minors had that right in June 2008. It took only 40 minutes Wednesday morning for a jury to acquit the defendant of burglary and theft in the first juvenile... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6539425/sedgwick-county-has-first-juvenile-trial-with-a-jury Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:49:08 -0700 It took 14 months for the first juvenile jury trial to reach Wichita, after the Kansas Supreme Court ruled minors had that right in June 2008. It took only 40 minutes Wednesday morning for a jury to acquit the defendant of burglary and theft in the first juvenile... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6539444/sedgwick-county-has-first-juvenile-trial-with-a-jury Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:49:08 -0700 WICHITA — Sentencing is scheduled in Sedgwick County District Court today for the man convicted of kidnapping a Viola convenience store clerk and sexually assaulting her while holding her for days at his home last summer. Sentencing for Robert Abner had been... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6504559/sentencing-today-in-viola-abduction Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:18:08 -0700 A 22-year-old Wichita man was charged Thursday with one count of first-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting Monday at a west Wichita apartment complex. Frederick Fritz was also charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6500634/man-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-that-killed-1 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:03:08 -0700 A 22-year-old Wichita man was charged Thursday with one count of first-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting Monday at a west Wichita apartment complex. Frederick Fritz was also charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6500639/man-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-that-killed-1 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:03:08 -0700 Wichita, Kan. - An anti-abortion activist pleaded not guilty Tuesday to opening fire on late-term abortion provider George Tiller after a witness gave chilling testimony that he saw the alleged shooter point a gun at the Kansas doctor's head before pulling the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6447136/suspect-in-abortion-doc-apos-s-death-pleads-not-guilty Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:43:10 -0700 Bond was set Friday at $1 million for a Wichita man accused in the death this week of his 4-month-old son. James W. Thomas, 31, was charged in Sedgwick County District Court with first-degree murder in the death of Zereon L. Thomas. Judge Warren Wilbert ordered... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6417302/bond-set-at-1-million-for-man-charged-with-infant-son-s-death Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:52:08 -0700 Bond was set Friday at $1 million for a Wichita man accused in the death this week of his 4-month-old son. James W. Thomas, 31, was charged in Sedgwick County District Court with first-degree murder in the death of Zereon L. Thomas. Judge Warren Wilbert ordered... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6417304/bond-set-at-1-million-for-man-charged-with-infant-son-s-death Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:52:08 -0700 Bond was set Friday at $1 million for a Wichita man accused in the death this week of his 4-month-old son. James W. Thomas, 31, was charged in Sedgwick County District Court with first-degree murder in the death of Zereon L. Thomas. Judge Warren Wilbert ordered... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6415896/dad-charged-with-murder-of-infant-son Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:15:08 -0700 Bond was set Friday at $1 million for a Wichita man accused in the death this week of his 4-month-old son. James W. Thomas, 31, was charged in Sedgwick County District Court with first-degree murder in the death of Zereon L. Thomas. Judge Warren Wilbert ordered... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6416509/dad-charged-with-murder-of-infant-son Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:15:08 -0700 WICHITA — The owners of the Eaton Steakhouse have been served an eviction notice for failure to pay $50,517 in rent at Eaton Place. MDI Partnership #72, which owns the building at 523 E. Douglas, filed a petition for eviction in Sedgwick County District Court... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6401058/eaton-steakhouse-served-petition-for-eviction Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:20:08 -0700 WICHITA _ A hearing is set for today in Sedgwick County District Court to address a game that Kansas legal officials have said is illegal gambling. The state is seeking a temporary injunction regarding the "Kandu Challenge," a game that a Wichita business, Highlands... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6388061/hearing-today-to-address-legality-of-kandu-poker Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:11:08 -0700 Prosecutors began Wild West World founder Thomas Etheredge's preliminary hearing today in Sedgwick County District Court by eliminating one of the 10 securities fraud counts against him. The charge that Wichitans A.J. and Glenda Sue Morris were defrauded of $100,000... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6379154/one-fraud-charged-dropped-against-etheredge Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:52:08 -0700 Wild West World founder Thomas Etheredge's preliminary hearing, continued four times, will begin Monday in Sedgwick County District Court. But the case will go forward without a bill of particulars after District Judge Ben Burgess denied a defense motion for the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6353203/hearing-for-thomas-etheredge-set-for-monday Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:03:08 -0700