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January 24, 2005

Another tribal gaming official convicted of crime

A second tribal gaming official in California has been convicted of a crime.

Darlene Vega, chairwoman of the Pala Gaming Commission, was convicted of two misdemeanor counts of assault with a deadly weapon. She resigned her post because tribal law bars convicts from serving on the commission..

Earlier this month, the gaming commissioner chairman for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians resigned after pleading no contest to a felony charge of spousal abuse. Phil Hogen, head of the National Indian Gaming Commission, said his agency was the "last to know" about the conviction.

Get the Story:
Pala gaming chairwoman convicted, resigns (The San Diego Union-Tribune 1/22)
Pala commissioner resigns (The Riverside Press-Enterprise 1/22)
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