Wallace Coffey, chairman of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, has been charged with one felony count of obstruction of justice.
According to authorities, Coffey admitted to intervening in a child abuse case. Coffey and two tribal officials ignored an FBI order and returned a child to an abusive father, authorities said.
The officials were charged in the Court of Indian Offenses. Coffey faces one-year jail sentence and $5,000 fine.
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(The Daily Oklahoman 9/29)
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