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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 2024
Page
3
Douglas County commissioners will hold a public hearing during the weekly meeting on the proposed 2025 budget. The plan seeks the largest property tax rate cut in nearly 30 years, reducing the mill levy by 2.911 to 41.298 mills and lowering taxes for a $300,000 home by about $100 a year.
Steven Carl Drake Jr, 49, faces multiple felonies in Douglas County District Court for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer with a motor vehicle, fleeing, criminal damage, and criminal threat after driving on the river levee trail, crashing into a fire hydrant, and stopping in a field following a deputy’s attempt to stop him near Second and Locust streets. He also faces a misdemeanor for driving with a suspended license.
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez moved to dismiss the rape case against Malachi Trenton Starr 23, citing prosecutorial discretion. Judge Amy Hanley ordered the dismissal without prejudice, keeping a potential path for refile. Starr faces other diversions and a separate felony case for fleeing law enforcement.
A Douglas County jury found Kavaun Clark not guilty of felony theft after a two day trial. The defense argued the DA failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Clark had been accused of stealing a Bersa handgun from a home where he stayed as an overnight guest in January 2021.
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