Ellis County divvies up recovered drug money in Kansas
Ellis County and Hays police will decide how to spend over one million dollars seized in April 2000 from a pickup truck. Alonzo Pointer pleaded guilty to interstate transportation in aid of racketeering and received a 57 month federal sentence. The Ellis County Drug Enforcement Unit earned 778000 dollars for its share.
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Hays
Ellis County
Jim Braun
Alonzo Pointer
Braun
Pointer
Ellis County Drug Enforcement Unit
Sex offender ordered to pay victims $1 million
In Hutchinson, Gordon Brown 62 was convicted in 1998 of indecent liberties and aggravated indecent solicitation involving two girls. A Reno County judge awarded a $1 million civil judgment on April 26. Brown remains in a 50 month sentence and is due for release this summer. The victims’ attorney said the plaintiffs will see little of the award.
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Hutchinson
Gordon Brown
Reno
Richard Rome
Brown
Stan Juhnke
Kerr says education spared in lean budget year
Senate President Dave Kerr notes that legislators were generous to public schools in a tight budget cycle as they approve a 67 million increase for fiscal 2002. The measure raises per pupil aid and funds special education while addressing a 206 million gap, amid mixed reactions from superintendents and lawmakers.
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Topeka
Senate
Dave Kerr
Kerr
R Hutchinson
Kansas Regulators Probe Western Resources Restructuring
State regulators will investigate Western Resources Inc. planned restructuring to see if separating utility operations from Westar harms electric service. The nine page order comes as stockholders gain rights to Westar subsidiary shares. CURB and critics allege shifting $2 billion in equity to Westar and moving debt to utilities.
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Topeka
Western Resources Inc
Kansas Corporation Commission
Western
Westar Industries Inc
Kansas
KPL
KGB
Monitored Security
Westar
KGE
Public Service Company of
New Mexico
KCC
Rosemary Foreman
Citizens’ Utility Ratepayers Board
CURB
Traffic stop yields unexpected dividend
A Park City officer tailing a DUI suspect on I 135 near Wichita drew backup after the driver stopped. The house occupant began tossing crack cocaine from a window, prompting a search that uncovered a pound of marijuana, scales, two handguns and $800. A 22 year old was jailed on multiple felonies while another 18 year old faced traffic warrants.
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Wichita
Park City
Darrell Haynes
Haynes
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Garden City
E. Kansas Plaza
Golden Corral
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Taste of Home Cooking School
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