By Victor Morales, Today correspondent
Oct 20, 2008
SAN JACINTO, Calif. - The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians’ dispute with a local sheriff over access to Indian land appears to have led to some negative public reaction after the sheriff’s claims that the reservation was unsafe and then followed by criminal incidents at the reservation.
Despite a longstanding [...]

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By JOHN ASBURY, The Press-Enterprise
Riverside County sheriff’s deputies arrested an 18-year-old man Wednesday they say has eluded them for several weeks in connection with a stolen-car incident.
Whitecloud Robert Trujillo was wanted following a police pursuit Sept. 7 in a stolen vehicle, sheriff’s officials said.

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By DOUGLAS QUAN, The Press-Enterprise
Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco said he plans to release to the public a full written report of his office’s investigation into the fatal shootings of three Soboba tribal members by sheriff’s deputies in May.
Pacheco said he felt it was necessary given some of the unique circumstances of the case [...]

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By North County Times
PALA INDIAN RESERVATION —- Homicide investigators have arrested a 29-year-old man in connection with the July slaying of an 18-year-old on the Pala Indian Reservation, San Diego County sheriff’s officials said Tuesday.
John Edward Maxcy, a reservation resident, was taken into custody at Richard J. Donovan State Prison in San Diego, where he [...]

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After a 12-hour standoff, a SWAT team enters a San Jacinto home. They seek one more suspect.
By JOHN ASBURY
The Press-Enterprise
After a 12-hour standoff, authorities on Tuesday arrested a Soboba tribal member suspected of robbing a woman and taking refuge on the Soboba Indian Reservation.
Riverside County sheriff’s investigators tracked David Neil Morreo, 34, Monday afternoon to [...]

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Desert Sun Wires • September 15, 2008
At a time of heightened tensions between the Riverside County Sheriff’s office and the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, deputies today sought two suspected gunmen from the reservation who are believed to have committed an armed home invasion robbery in nearby San Jacinto.

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Morreo, Durnin At Large, Considered Armed And Dangerous, Police Say
SAN JACINTO, Calif. — At a time of heightened tensions between the Riverside County Sheriff’s office and the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, deputies Sunday sought two suspected gunmen from the reservation who are believed to have committed an armed home invasion robbery in nearby San [...]

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UNION-TRIBUNE
September 14, 2008
SAN DIEGO - Eleven people accused by the federal government of taking part in an organized ring of casino cheaters have been indicted by a federal grand jury here on conspiracy and racketeering charges.
The indictment, unsealed Thursday and announced Friday by the U.S. Attorney’s office, accuses the 11 of targeting a dozen casinos [...]

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By Greg Gross, UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM
September 12, 2008
SAN DIEGO - Eleven people accused by the federal government of taking part in a organized ring of casino cheaters have been indicted by a federal grand jury here on conspiracy and racketeering charges.
The indictment, unsealed Thursday and announced Friday by the U.S. Attorney’s office, accuses the [...]

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SIGNONSANDIEGO NEWS SERVICES
September 10, 2008
MURRIETA - The Association of Riverside County Chiefs of Police announced its support Wednesday of Sheriff Stan Sniff’s position that a law granting local law enforcement agencies jurisdiction over selected Indian tribes allows Riverside County deputies to enter the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians reservation at will.
Public Law 280, passed 55 [...]

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