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Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police Blotter 3-10-17:

On March 10, police ticketed John F. Munt, 65, of Canton for inadequate headlight. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on March 27.

On March 11, police arrested Kayla A. Clute, 26, of Hogansburg for driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxicated- and speeding. Tickets are returnable to Bombay Town Court on April 11.

On March 11, police ticketed Brenna L. Castagnier, 22, of Massena for speeding. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on March 27.

On March 11, police ticketed Brittany E.M. Skidders, 29, of Hogansburg for inadequate headlight. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on March 27.

On March 11, police ticketed Dereck L. Dominie, 27, of Warsaw, Ind. for inadequate headlight. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on March 27.

On March 13, police ticketed Tricia A. Skidders, 36, of Ft. Covington for speeding and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation. Tickets are returnable to Bombay Town Court on April 4.

On March 13 police ticketed Wayne R. Griffin, 41, of Schenectady for inadequate headlight. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on April 3.

On March 13, police ticketed Kelly M. Tarbell, 26, of Hogansburg for speeding. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on March 20.

On March 13, police ticketed Joshua T. Francis, 28, of Akwesasne, Ontario for speeding. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on March 20.

On March 13, police charged Sarah G. Dupee, 35, of Altona with a bench warrant. She was arraigned in Bombay Town Court and was to have returned March 14.

Massena Police:

Shahniice L. King, 24, of Angus Thomas Road, Akwesasne, Quebec was charged with an arrest warrant and a bench warrant at 10:58 p.m. March 16 on State Route 37. The bench warrant was for petit larceny and the arrest warrant was for four felony counts of second-degree forgery and misdemeanor counts of petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, police said. She was arraigned in Massena court and remanded to the St. Lawrence County jail, Canton, in lieu of $500 on the bench warrant and $1,000 on the bench warrant, police said.

Quebec Woman Sentenced for Transporting Illegal Aliens

(March 17, 2017) SYRACUSE, NEW YORK –Audrey Bush, 46, of Akwesasne, Quebec, was sentenced on March 16, 2017 to serve ten (10) months imprisonment, to be followed by three (3) years of supervised release in connection with her plea of guilty to two counts of Transporting Illegal Aliens, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and United States Border Patrol Agent in Charge (Ogdensburg) Timothy Morgan. The defendant’s sentence included forfeiture of $1000, the fee she received for driving the aliens to Syracuse, New York.

As part of her guilty plea on November 9, 2016, Bush admitted to knowingly transporting two (2) Chinese citizens within the United States. Bush admitted that she picked up the two aliens at the Akwesasne Reservation and began to drive them to Syracuse, New York. Law enforcement officers stopped her vehicle in Hammond, New York, at which time the aliens were identified and determined to be in the United States illegally after crossing the St. Lawrence River from Canada without inspection by U.S. Immigration officers.

The case was investigated by the United States Border Patrol (Ogdensburg, NY Station) and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tamara Thomson.