Tribal Court Docket for Wednesday, Feb. 1

This is a criminal docket date for the Cherokee Tribal Court.  All of the defendants listed have only been charged with the crimes/offenses listed and should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Tribal Court Docket for Feb 1

Tribal Court Judgment Summary for Jan. 18

  FRENCH, Samuel Walter 14-15.5 Intoxicated and Disruptive in Public – Guilty Plea, one day active jail time, credit for time served (one day)   GEORGE, Richard Gregory 20-141.5(b) Aggravated Speeding to Elude Arrest – Dismissed, Failure of CIPD to Provide...

Issue of addicted newborns discussed in forum

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, every 25 minutes a baby is born in the United States suffering from opioid withdrawal.  The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has not been able to escape this...

Tomes to be sentenced in Allison fatal crash

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Patrick Bradley Allison, 42, an EBCI tribal member and tribal employee, was killed as the result of a head-on collision that occurred on Birdtown Road (US-19) on the morning of April 14, 2015.  More than a year...