by admin | Nov 23, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
On Monday, Nov. 22, officers from the Cherokee Indian Police Department served a search warrant at 71 Flora Mae Smith Lane in Cherokee. During the execution of the search warrant, Anthony Dirk Welch, a 51-year-old male of Cherokee, was arrested and charged with...
by admin | Nov 23, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, Nov. 23 a commitment of $800,000 to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUs, specifically to increase the program’s capacity to provide outreach, investigative support and forensic...
by admin | Nov 22, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
The EBCI Public Health & Human Services’ (EBCI PHHS) Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Program now has a full-time detective solely dedicated to investigations of crimes against children. Alicia Case, detective with the Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD),...
by admin | Nov 21, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff Most of Thursday’s (Nov. 18) meeting of the EBCI Police Commission was spent with Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) Chief Josh Taylor. Taylor was there to provide the CIPD annual report as well as offering...
by admin | Nov 19, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
At approximately 3 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18, Officer Dewitt Chekelelee, of the Cherokee Indian Police Dept., responded to Harrah’s Valley River Casino in reference to possible drug activity in the parking lot. After a short investigation Officer...
by admin | Nov 19, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland formally established a process to review and replace derogatory names of the nation’s geographic features as announced on Friday, Nov. 19. She also declared “squaw” to be a derogatory term and ordered the Board...