A Voice from the Eastern Door
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AKWESASNE — An Akwesasne woman will spend 1 ½ to three years in state prison for pretending her toddler had cancer and collecting donations for the child. Jennifer Jackson-Laughing was sentenced Friday, on her 35th birthday, on a charge of first-degree scheming to defraud. Franklin County Court Judge Robert G. Main Jr. also ordered her to pay $8,470 in restitution. Jackson-Laughing and her husband, Frank W. Laughing Jr., were arrested in June 2010 for allegedly soliciting donations on behalf of their daughter, saying she had colon cancer. Th...
AKWESASNE — An Akwesasne woman will spend 1 ½ to three years in state prison for pretending her toddler had cancer and collecting donations for the child. Jennifer Jackson-Laughing was sentenced Friday, on her 35th birthday, on a charge of first-degree scheming to defraud. Franklin County Court Judge Robert G. Main Jr. also ordered her to pay $8,470 in restitution. Jackson-Laughing and her husband, Frank W. Laughing Jr., were arrested in June 2010 for allegedly soliciting donations on behalf of their daughter, saying she had colon cancer. Th...
AKWESASNE — An Akwesasne drug-smuggling case heard again by the U.S. Court of Appeals earlier this month may impact Indian land claims. Many on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation will be interested in the outcome of United States of America vs. Eric C. Wilson, argued Feb. 17 in the Second Circuit Court in New York City by lawyers with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District. LOCATION A FACTOR At issue is the location where police stopped a suspicious vehicle. And it is important because state law allows St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Pol...
AKWESASNE — The defense has made a motion that a grand-larceny charge be dropped against a Hogansburg man accused of taking land from its deeded owner. And it is using a pending U.S. Court of Appeals case to bolster its argument, in hopes that, one day, Indian land-claim issues will be heard by U.S. Supreme Court justices. Lake Placid attorney Brian Barrett filed a motion last month in Franklin County Court to have the charge dropped against his client, William Roger Jock, a member of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. TRAILER ON LAND Jock, 50, known...
FORT COVINGTON — No one was hurt when a Fort Covington home was sprayed with bullets during a drive-by shooting at about 3:30 a.m. Monday. State Police are looking for a dark sport-utility vehicle and any information from the public about the incident that occurred at a two-story home at the corner of Chateaugay Street (Route 37) and South Pike Street, a few doors from the Fort Covington Volunteer Fire Station. At least 15 bullet holes are visible on the north-facing side of the home, high and to the left of two first-floor windows. “We bel...
AKWESASNE — A state gaming supervisor at Akwesasne Mohawk Casino faces disciplinary action for accepting gifts from patrons and selling Girl Scout cookies to employees. Edward Hawks, a supervising gaming inspector for the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, admitted to state investigators that he accepted miniature cigars from casino gamblers and a clock, two used bar stools and a windbreaker from slot-machine vendors. He has worked for the state since 1999 and was assigned to his full-time supervisory job at Akwesasne in 2009. ...
