MacDonald, son put in jail by Navajo court
Window Rock Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald Sr and his son Peter Rocky MacDonald were sentenced to multi year jail terms and fines after a jury found them guilty of 64 counts of bribery and kickbacks. The judge ordered consecutive sentences and no probation, with extra actions affecting election issues.
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Yazzie
MacDonald
Peter
Rocky
CBS
Albuquerque
Channel 13
Window Rock
Robert Yazzie
Backers blame outsiders as MacDonald sentenced in Window Rock
Supporters gathered outside the tribal courthouse in Window Rock, Ariz., awaiting suspended Chairman Peter MacDonald who did not appear and was taken to jail. Reporters faced verbal abuse from protesters while Wanda MacDonald urged Navajo people to seek justice.
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Peter MacDonald
Richard Sitts
Bureau
Window Rock
Ariz
MacDonald
Wanda MacDonald
Phoenix
Albuquerque
Candidates seek Nov 6 council election for Navajo Nation
A Shiprock faction of about 300 Navajo delegates pushes for the scheduled November 6 council delegate vote while seeking a separate Navajo president election. Delegates warn postponing 60 days would raise costs, suppress votes, and burden elderly and disabled voters amid winter weather.
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Eastern Bureau
Shiprock
Navajo Nation
Board of Elections
Navajo Nation Council
Elections Board
Tribal Council
Herman Light
Light
Jackson
Wallace Charley
Charley
William Tso
Tso
MacDonald prisoners to serve Navajo jail time in Window Rock
Sus MacDonald Sr. and son Peter MacDonald Jr. will be held in solitary at Window Rock jail after pleading guilty to accepting bribes and kickbacks. A Navajo police official said they will be treated like other inmates, with standard orange jumpsuits and no disclosed sentence length. Pre sentence reports note no precedents exist for such a case in Navajo law, suggesting serious consequences and possible hard labor.
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Richard Sitts Dine
Bureau
Window Rock
Ariz
Peter MacDonald Sr
Peter
Rocky
MacDonald Jr
MacDonalds
Carolyn Calvin
Navajo Police Department
MacDonald
Calvin
Enid Is Sleeping Remains Idle Amid Ownership Clash
Film shot in Gallup during 1989 stalls as ownership questions delay release. Vestron faces bankruptcy and Live Home Video is未 to release. International title is Over Her Dead Body. Jeffrey Jones stars in a British dark comedy.
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Gallup
Enid
Steven Patrick
Robert Redford
Redford
Warren Betz
Live Home Video
Betz
Vestron Inc
Vestron
Edwin Friendly
Ruth Cisero
Friendly
United States
Toronto
Sally Jackson
Jeffrey Jones
Jones
Ferris Buehler
Amadeus
Howard the Duck
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Navajo Nation Board of Election Supervisors
Navajo Tribal Council
Mac
Tamara Wiles
Mark Donatelli
Genevive Jackson
Certain. Ee
Cisero
Vira
Betty
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