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Eddie Skookum
Accused chief will be shifted to Juneau jail
Eddie Skookum, the chief of the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation, failed to post bail on charges of assault and impaired driving Tuesday in Haines, Alaska.
Eddie Skookum, the chief of the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation, failed to post bail on charges of assault and impaired driving Tuesday in Haines, Alaska.
Skookum, 56, did not pay the required $50,000 US to release him from police custody, Chief Gary Lowe of the Haines Police Department told the Star this morning.
He will be sent to the Lemon Creek Correctional Centre in Juneau either today or tomorrow.
Skookum was arrested under a felony assault charge. He was also charged with impaired driving early last Sunday.
Lowe told reporters Tuesday morning that a 21-year-old woman was assaulted at the Captain's Choice Hotel in that community last Sunday.
The young woman was unconscious at some point and suffered pain in her face, head, neck, back and ribs.
She was later taken to a clinic and released into the care of her mother.
Following the incident, police found an intoxicated man passed out in his vehicle in a parking lot near a cruise ship dock. He was charged with impaired driving.
The First Nation said Tuesday it has no comment on the charges facing its chief.
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Happy Paws on Jul 7, 2010 at 11:06 am
Whether they like it or not, people who hold public office (mayor, premier, prime minister, chief) are held to a higher standard than the rest of us - they are role models. What a horrid example to set for the people you lead. At least he was charged in the states where they have real sentences, not the slap on the wrist he would get in Canada.