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The Casey County News
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Liberty, KY 42539
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Hamilton reckless homicide
trial ends in acquittal
By Linda Carmicle
Staff Writer
A man on trial for reckless homicide was freed Monday when he was acquitted due to insufficient evidence for a conviction.
Derrick Hamilton of Yosemite sat quietly in Casey Circuit Court as his attorney, Ted Lavit of Lebanon, made a motion for Judge James G. Weddle to acquit his client. Lavit said there was no further need to continue with the trial, due to the lack of evidence that Hamilton's recklessness caused the death of a teenage girl last summer.
If convicted, Hamilton would have faced not less than one year, but no more than five years.
Hamilton was indicted by a Casey County grand jury in January for causing the death of Venessa
Kemarly, 14, who rode her bicycle into the path of Hamilton's car on Aug. 20, 2005.
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Man tries to hang self on Courthouse Square
By Donna Carman
Editor
A Casey County man who tried to hang himself from a tree on the Courthouse Square in Liberty Wednesday afternoon instead found himself in jail, and then in the hospital.
David Lee Johnson, 37, of 3837 Shugars Hill Road, was arrested shortly after police officers cut the rope that Johnson had tied around his neck and threw over the limb of an oak tree on the back side of the courthouse.
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Celetrating the Fourth in Liberty
'Spectacular' fireworks to highlight event
By Linda Carmicle
Staff Writer
Liberty's upcoming Fourth of July celebration promises to be the best the area has  ever seen. Mayor Steve Sweeney describes the fireworks display as "spectacular."
City councilman Brad Vaughn said the fireworks show is at least 25 percent larger this year than last year. Sweeney said it will be the largest ever held in Casey County.
"This is going to be the biggest fireworks display in the entire region," he said.
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