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Tribe's public defender held on meth charges
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Travis Whirlwind Soldier, the public defender for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, was ordered to remain in custody pending trial on charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
Whirlwind Soldier, 28, was charged in federal court last month. He is accused of participating in a meth conspiracy from October 1, 2003, through August 18, 2005 [
PDF: Indictment].
The period coincides with Whirlwind Soldier's service as public defender for the tribe.
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