The chief of police and an officer for the White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona pleaded not guilty to misuse of funds.

Police Chief Lincoln Perry and Officer Tim Goode were indicted last week on 17 counts of conspiracy to falsify records and 17 counts of falsifying records. The men allegedly embezzled $10,000 and $20,000 from a fund used to make drug buys and pay informants.

Perry and Goode were arraigned in federal court last Wednesday.

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2 Apache tribal cops plead not guilty (AP 10/27)

Relevant Links:
White Mountain Apache Tribe - http://www.wmat.nsn.us

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