Two leaders of the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island were ordered to perform community service and could have their records expunged for their roles in the state's July 14, 2003, raid of the reservation.
Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas was sentenced to 150 hours of community service. But Judge Susan E. McGuirl agreed to file the case for a year, meaning his conviction for assaulting a state trooper could be removed from his record if he does not break the law during that time.
First councilman Randy Noka was sentenced to 25 hours of community service for disorderly conduct. His case is also being held for a year.
Hiawatha Brown, a council member, was given a one-year suspended sentence with probation for assaulting a trooper and a six-month suspended sentence with probation for disorderly conduct. He was ordered to undergo anger-management counseling.
State troopers went to the reservation to shut down a smokeshop that wasn't collecting state taxes. The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in May 2006 ruled that the state was within its rights.
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