New Cherokee Tribal Court Costs

The below schedule of Court Costs is approved and promulgated effective March 1.  COURT COSTS: * Criminal/Traffic/Infraction Court Costs – $190 * Probation Fee – $200 * Civil Filing Fee (Custody, Divorce, Money Owed $5,000 and over, etc.) – $150 *...

Tribal members sentenced to Prison

     George Lee Hernandez, 21, an EBCI tribal member, of Cherokee, was sentenced on Friday, Feb. 2 to serve 46 months in prison for robbery related charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.      In January 2011,...