Turtle Talk

Indian Country Public Safety News

Open Source Intelligence Report by the DOJ Office of Tribal Justice

December 12, 2011

 

National

Two Habitual Domestic Violence Cases From Indian Country Head to US Supreme Court

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/court-rulings-could-give-prosecutors-more-power-to-go-after-abusers-on-indian-reservations/2011/12/12/gIQAVKa0oO_story.html

 

DOJ Publishes Rule for Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction on

PL-280 Reservations

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/12/09/42091.htm

 

FEMA Supports Legislative Change to Allow Tribes to Directly Request Presidential Disaster Declarations

http://www.hstoday.us/single-article/fema-supports-allowing-tribes-to-ask-for-aid/329a50372e4465cc85bdde4169993cff.html

 

Arizona

Jury Convicts Man of Raping Child at Navajo Nation

http://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/navajo-man-found-guilty-of-aggravated-sexual-abuse/article_fcce66da-21e9-11e1-a17a-0019bb2963f4.html

 

Two Substance Abuse Rehab Centers That Served Navajo Clients Close Doors

http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12444&Itemid=1

 

 

Florida

Suspected Driver in Fatal Hit-and- Run Arrested at Seminole

http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2011/dec/11/1/driver-in-fatal-hit-and-run-apprehended-at-casino-ar-333793/

http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_hillsborough/Riverview-man-fled-fatal-multi-car-crash,-went-to-Hard-Rock-Casino,-deputies-say-

 

 

Idaho

Suspected Car Thief Fatally Shot at Nez Perce

http://lmtribune.com/northwest/article_61004e30-43c6-5808-8c40-6aa7eedfed34.html

http://lmtribune.com/article_27bd0d44-116c-58ca-9683-5e3fcc50de2e.html

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/1365a14a2d5646aea102c5fb402d0507/ID–Police-Shooting-1Dead/

 

 

New York

Man Arraigned For Role in St. Regis Mohawk Land Dispute

http://pressrepublican.com/0100_news/x1510847363/Land-reclamation-arrest

http://pressrepublican.com/0100_news/x891692249/Land-reclamation-arrest

 

North Dakota

Habitual Domestic Violence Case From Spirit Lake Heads to US Supreme Court

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/court-rulings-could-give-prosecutors-more-power-to-go-after-abusers-on-indian-reservations/2011/12/12/gIQAVKa0oO_story.html

 

 

South Dakota

State Supreme Court Rejects Child Sexual Abuse Case From Yankton Sioux

http://www.nativetimes.com/news/crime/6512-south-dakota-supreme-court-throws-out-sexual-abuse-lawsuit

 

 

Utah

Habitual Domestic Violence Case From Uintah & Ouray Ute Heads to US Supreme Court

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/court-rulings-could-give-prosecutors-more-power-to-go-after-abusers-on-indian-reservations/2011/12/12/gIQAVKa0oO_story.html

 

Washington

Man Fatally Shot by Police During Execution of Port Gamble Arrest Warrant at Suquamish

http://www.northkitsapherald.com/news/135311093.html

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/dec/09/44-year-old-man-identified-fatal-suquamish-shootin/

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/dec/08/law-enforcement-responding-reported-shooting-suqua/

 

State Supreme Court Upholds Cigarette Tax Prosecution on Quinault Nation Allotment

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Court-WA-has-jurisdiction-in-tribe-cigarette-case-2389817.php