Ex-Tribal Chairwoman Sentenced To Death For 2014 Rampage

A Modoc County woman has been given multiple death sentences for killing four members of her Native American tribe, including three family members, and trying to kill two others. 47-year-old Cherie Lash Rhoades had been ousted as tribal chairwoman and evicted from tribal housing because she was under federal investigation for embezzling from the tribe. The Cedarville Rancheria, which only had 35 members before the shooting, is a part of the Northern Paiute Tribes. Although the tribe does not own a casino, they’ve collected more than 13-Million Dollars over the past decade from the revenue sharing trust fund, which casino-owning tribes pay into. Rhoades’ son, Jack Stockton, also had been ousted from the tribal council.  A meeting in Alturas on February 20th of 2014 had gathered to consider her eviction appeal. Rhoades came into the meeting and opened fire, killing her brother- tribal chairman Rurik “Two Bears” Davis, her niece- Angel Moonstar Penn, her nephew- Glenn Calonico, and Sheila Russo was also killed. When she ran out of bullets, Rhoades injured two other people with a knife. Her trial was held in Placer County, where she was found guilty in December. In January the same jury recommended that Rhoades be executed for her crimes. On Monday, a judge in Modoc County denied a motion for a new trial and sentenced Rhoades to four death penalties plus 150 years to life in prison.

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