From Staff reports
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TAHLEQUAH —
A felony rape charge against a Tahlequah man has been dismissed and filed as a misdemeanor assault charge, prosecutors said this week.
Don Ade, 66, was charged nearly a year ago with first-degree rape. Assistant District Attorney B.J. Baker said the felony charge was dismissed in December and filed as a simple-assault misdemeanor.
The decision to reduce the charge was based on the strength of the case, Baker said.
Ade entered a plea of no contest to the assault charge and received a one-year deferred sentence, plus costs and unsupervised probation. He was ordered to have no contact with the victim in the case.
