6/29/2023 0 Comments Chukchansi casino resort![]() ![]() The government shut down the casino because of safety concerns, and prosecutors charged 15 men involved in the takeover with a long list of crimes connected to the raid. "Our own security at the casino were not armed." ![]() "And if anybody should know you can't go into a casino with guns - even if you work for the tribe, even if you worked for the tribe, even if you're the police for the tribe," said Lewis. And neither did the people from whom they seized control. ![]() They claimed to be the rightful police force working for the rightful powers of the Picayune Rancheria.īut the Madera County Sheriff's Office and the district attorney didn't see it that way. More than a dozen men, most of them armed, raided the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino like a SWAT team. The images of efficiency and violence from the takeover are striking. "That's good that they were willing to man up and you know, say that they did wrong," said current tribal chair Reggie Lewis.Īll but two of the criminal cases resolved Friday, seven months after the raid. (KFSN) - Eleven men are admitting they're guilty for their roles in the armed Chukchansi takeover that led to the casino's closure. Eleven men are admitting they're guilty for their roles in the armed Chukchansi takeover that led to the casino's closure. ![]()
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