Former Kansas mayor seeks probation for embezzlement
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August 4, 2017
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former Lawrence, Kansas, mayor awaiting sentencing for stealing money from a food pantry while he served as the organization's executive director is asking a federal judge for probation.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Jeremy Farmer says in court filings in advance of his scheduled Aug. 15 sentencing that he has cooperated with authorities and maintained a steady job. He believes that merits probation instead of prison time.
Farmer pleaded guilty in September of last year to one count of interstate transportation of stolen funds.
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