Trial date set in drug-related crash

DAVENPORT — A trial date has been set for a man accused of trying to elude police while allegedly high one marijuana and drunk.

William Ray Beaver Jr., 35, of Spokane, will be tried at 9 a.m. Dec. 18 in Lincoln County Superior Court; a readiness hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Nov. 26. By court order, he will be fully restrained during court proceedings.

He currently remains in the county jail on $5,000 bail; attorney David Hearrean has been appointed as his public defender.

Beaver was arrested Oct. 31 in Davenport following a warrant in connection with an Oct. 26 incident in Lincoln Count...