WARRANT, ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON, POSSESSION OF A WEAPON FOR A DANGEROUS PURPOSE, RESIST POLICE Cornwall, ON Starr Hill, 32, of Akwesasne was arrested on December 17th, 2022 on the strength of a DRIVING WHILE PROHIBITED Cornwall, ON Lorel Thompson, 41, of Akwesasne was arrested on December 9th, 2022, and charged with two counts of driving while prohibited. On this first day of summer, in a light summer haze of fluoride effluvium from the Reynolds plant, gulls lifted and settled, picking at the scraps of eels killed lin the locks, and a big freighter churned upstream on the gray surface of the river. But it isn't a struggle for power; the issue is sovereignty. It's like Pine Ridge before Wounded Knee. Tribal law enforcement has been serving the southern portion of Akwesasne for nearly twenty years. New York State itself is an interested third party whose efforts to circumvent the traditional Indians and their claims to sovereignty over vast areas of the state have been the source of trouble for 200 years. was arrested Monday by St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police. June 18, 2021 The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service has issued a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of homicide suspect Victor J. Lazore, 33, Akwesasne, in connection with the death of 58-year-old Jeffery Allen Lazore-Arquette, Akwesasne on Sunday, August 11, 2019. That day, as it turned out, hundreds of armed tribals ("the Concerned Citizens of St. Regis") erected a barricade at the head of Racquette Point Road, threatened to storm the well-armed camp of the traditionals with the stated purpose of protecting "the tax-paying and law-abiding citizens of the reservation, and to show support for the state and local police.". Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited. 1 Likes, 0 Comments - Akwesasne Mohawk Police (@akwesasne_mohawk_police) on Instagram: "Vaping presentation for CCVS students" The Akwesasne Mohawk Police, with assistance from U.S. authorities, have taken a suspect into custody in connection with Wednesdays release confirms Victor J. Lazore is a suspect in the death of Lazore-Arquette. Within a few weeks the state police had withdrawn their large force from the perimeter of the Thompson property, but because District Attorney Ryan had insisted upon sealed indictments, those who thought they might be prosecuted did not leave the camp. A shining moment for Akwesasne: Young Mohawk man discusses the reality of indigenous youth life with U.S. President Barack Obama the Gen-I National Native Youth Network Ambassador shares his story. KPSC, furthermore the TPA allows police to be commissioners on the KPSC. The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service has laid aggravated assault charges against three men after a man was beaten inside his home this past Sunday, February 11, 2018. The Akwesasne Mohawk Police were called to investigate a situation where a man had arrived at a residence late in the afternoon showing signs of obvious injuries. A volatile, swift-speaking man, well-informed on all Indian matters, Mohawk is the editor of Akwesasne Notes, the best known Indian newspaper in America since its inception in 1968. Ontario announces STAY AT HOME Order. Mission: To provide law enforcement services to the Mohawks of Akwesasne. Taken under heavy police escort to Malone, N.Y., this man, whose person, property and household had suffered the damage, was arraigned as a criminal and spent the night in jail. That morning, May 22, 1979, Loran Thompson and his friend Joe Swamp found a group of youths cutting down trees on his late father's property; the woodcutters were members of the federally funded Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) engaged in a "boundary-delineation project" for a proposed fence around the Akwesasne Project" for a proposed fence around the Akwesasne Reservation, and they had already cut a swath 80 feet long and 200 feet wide by the time he arrived. . Deputy Chief of Police: Lee-Ann O'Brien. Check out our Facebook page for updates and sales! 613-541-4162, Advertising Officers attended as well as the Akwesasne Mohawk Ambulance Service, finding a man inside suffering from an unknown injury. On June 5, State Police Maj. Robert Schneeman appeared at the gate to Racquette Point Road, where he warned the traditional chief of the possibility of a state police assault upon the camp. Rumors of impending trouble had started to come in by Thursday evening, and Hunt, a local man on a friendly basis with many of the Indians, was in charge of about 18 troopers assigned to the Racquette Point Road area, where he arrived at 5:30 or 6 on Friday morning. Thompson, identified in the local papers as a tool thief, was also charged with resisting arrest. A 49-year-old woman is facing multiple charges after Brockville Police responded to reports of a person locked inside a residence with a gun on King Street West. Phone 613-575-2250 But the rattlesnake is a very peaceful creature, raising its offspring on its own homeland; if its territory is large enough, it will run away. "It's in the interests of the state to obscure the issue, reduce it to a conflict between Indian groups struggling for power. A growing feeling that, "after all, we are all Mohawks" found dramatic expression in a spontaneous "unity march" on April 19 -- the strongest expression of Mohawk unity since 1948, when the people attempted to vote out the elective system. . The cab driver was able to use his personal cell phone to call 9-1-1. The next morning at 5 a.m., the state police invaded the reservation, accompanied by the Akwesasne police and supported by a police airplane and paramilitary Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) units which surrounded the camp; they burst into houses and they marched Chief Swamp's wife around in her nightgown as they searched the premises for her husband. But around 2:30 Friday afternoon, I was getting the impression that the state police might not be able to control the situation; there was a 3 o'clock ultimatum from the electeds, and we weren't sure that the police could prevent the action from taking place.". Massive reinforcements arrived quickly and Thompson was subdued and seized in a brief skirmish with 12 policemen in front of his frightened children; a 73-year-old neighbor, Mary Tebo, knocked down by one of the police, had to be hospitalized. The male was released to appear in court at a later date. AMPS did not confirm at that time whether the person of interest in the death was the same person taken into custody by the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police. The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Commission (AMPC) is comprised of two members from each of the Districts of Tsi Snaihne, Kana:takon and Kawehno:ke. That siege lasted 71 days, whereas the Akwesasne Siege has lasted more than a year. But these circumstances bothered Judge Jan Plumadore, who granted the defense request that no arrest warrants be issued when Swamp and Thompson ignored the second arraignment on July 27; the Department of the Interior and even the White House, the defense said, might intervene. "Friday was a situation that almost exploded," Oren Lyons told me when I caught up with him by telephone a few days later, "and it could go bad again at any time . ", "We're all ironworkers here," Jake Swamp said. AKWESASNE The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service has issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for a 33-year-old man who is a suspect in the Aug. 11 homicide of Jeffrey Allen Lazore-Arquette, who in custody in New York state. They say this is regarding a local Windows/Doors and Renovations Company. Akwesasne, Quebec, H0M 1A0 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe delivers heartfelt community recognitions Vows to continue program, SRMT Environment Division Responds to ALCOA East Fire. At dark, we went into Loran Thompson's house on the river bluff, where we were joined in a little while by Chiefs Thompson, Porter, Swamp and others. Chief Lyons said that he would get word to the Akwesasne camp that I was coming and gave me a contact number number but no name. John Mohawk nodded. This sensible solution did not satisfy Ryan, who declared he would press the resisting arrest charge against Thompson, even if the theft charge were withdrawn; perhaps his intransigence had been encouraged, or perhaps he harbored an unusual vindictiveness toward the Mohawks, who get their land, so he complained, "courtesy of the U.S. government -- the same government they blame for their troubles.". The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service was formed in 1970. If such as such stops are violating tribal police service and utilizing crime groups known as the first to defend the stop represents an illegal encounter. From June 18th to 25th the 3rd Annual Ride the River Cycling Fundraiser will take place, participants can bike to raise funds for Brockville General Hospital going towards much-needed equipment. While most still complained that non-Mohawks and non-Indians had brought most of the trouble to the reservation, and that a nest of armed resistance to authority encouraged atmosphere of lawlessness, especially among the young, which increased every day that the state police failed to execute the warrants, they nonetheless resented the fact that the elected chiefs had invited state troopers onto Mohawk ground, and that fathers and uncles and cousins and brothers (and mothers, aunts, daughters, and children, too) might be killed at any time because of a minor political dispute that had never justified the August raid nor the heavy police presence ever since. I didn't agree because I didn't want to see people killed, but I could see why they were just sick and tired of this damned thing, of a reservation without law and order. Like every family on the reservation, the Benedict clan is painfully split by the whole controversy. Article content. It is alleged on February 23rd, 2022, the woman failed to attend Bombay Man arrested on Sex Offense Charges On November 25, State Police arrested Joseph A. Waite, 52 of Bombay, NY for Criminal Sex Act 2nd, Forcible Touching, and Endangering the welfare of a child. SHOPLIFTING Cornwall, ON William King, 56, of Cornwall was arrested on November 22nd, 2022 and charged with theft under $5000. By using this website, you agree to our use of cookies as explained in our Privacy Policy. AMPS officers attended the post-mortem autopsy examination on Aug. 13, where preliminary findings confirmed Lazore-Arquettes death was caused by a gunshot wound. "The tribal faction started to get nervous after April 19, and they began to reorganize," Tom Porter says. Because it was Saturday, a number of relatives and friends of the camp families had crossed over the river from Cornwall Island, bringing in food, medical supplies and equipment. "Until the white people, the state, are ready to share with us, we are left faced with the realities of New York State policies. The Indians might want clean water out there, in that stretch of river that runs through their territory, or clean air in that sky over that factory. His voice trailed off, and he shrugged unhappily, as if upset all over again by the division of his people. The state police role has been so ambiguous as to warrant an investigation: on June 13, or so it appears, the police were on the point of joining "the tribals" in an assault on the armed camp of "the traditionals," which has been in a state of siege since August 1979. But the traditionals cancelled the meeting, and on the 13th, all hell broke loose, because the other side had decided that the police weren't doing enough. On Aug. 13, an estimated 21 Indians were named in sealed indictments (which made the defendants subject to arrest without their knowledge) and those who suspected that they might be on the list began to gather with their families in a defensive camp centered around the house of Loran Thompson. We are called Rattlesnakes because we have that character, and this is what Gov. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Of the three elected chiefs who served on the Tribal Council before Dr. Cook replaced Rudy Hart Sr., the most articulate was said to be Leonard Garrow, who seemed disconcerted when I asked my question about the bothersome discrepancy between the alleged offenses of the traditionals and the violent retribution that may yet be carried out by the Concerned Citizens. To investigate crimes, mediate and resolve disputes where possible and to actively participate in crime prevention programs and other community safety programs. They make it seem like they're surrounded, they put out land mines, they have AK47s that must have come from communist countries somewhere. Toronto He was WARRANTS, BREACH OF PROBATION Cornwall, ON Clarissa Square, 29, of Cornwall was arrested on July 28th, 2022, and charged with five counts of breach of probation and one count of failing to attend WARRANTS Cornwall, ON Martika Smoke Thompson, 32, of Cornwall, was arrested on July 22nd, 2022, on the strength of outstanding warrants. Arrest warrants have been authorized by the Provincial Court of Valleyfield, Quebec for the arrests of the three men: Corby Jock 31, and Johnny Adams, 30, both of Akwesasne, and Mitchell Jocko, 37, of Cornwall, Ontario. Arrest warrant issued in Akwesasne homicide investigation, Handout Not For Resale Jeffrey Allen Lazore-Arquette. When they refused, the chiefs informed them and their supporters that the matter was now in the hands of the Mohawk people, who rushed and disarmed them after several minutes' fighting, then took over the building. The cab driver managed to escape from the vehicle and fled to a nearby residence on Cornwall Island, thats when the Akwesasne Mohawk Police were contacted. On this hot afternoon, a consensus was being reached in the Indian way about what the spokesmen were to say at next week's meeting with the state. Drinking coffee in the early sun, Jake Swamp told me that this land has been a hunting and fishing area of the Ganeinkehaga -- the "People of the Flint" -- for many hundreds of years; even in 1779, the soldiers of Gen. Sullivan had noted that fish were so plentiful that in places the bottoms of the clean, clear streams could not be seen. Chief of Police: Shawn DuludeDeputy Chief of Police: Lee-Ann OBrien, 73 Sweetgrass LaneKana:takon (St. Regis), QuebecH0M 1A0. Administration / Office: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Police Officers: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Phone: 518-358-9200. Eventually, investigators identified that the attack began in the morning hours; three subjects forced their way into the home and assaulted the victim with weapons until he was able to escape and run to a neighbors home. Haudenosaunee Nationals receive 100K from the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Indigenous fashion designer and artist Niio Perkins creates space for traditional practices and meanings in a contemporary industry, Pow Wows cancelled? Tribal Police | Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Tribal Police 545 State Route 37, Akwesasne Administration / Office: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Police Officers: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Phone: 518-358-9200 Mission: To provide law enforcement services to the Mohawks of Akwesasne. "Even if they were bluffing, they could have gotten a lot of people killed; we weren't panicked that day, we were just outraged that it was so out of control. Since then, fish in the St. Lawrence also have been found to be toxic, and the Mohawks, for whom fish have always been essential, have been told not to eat the few survivors in this part of the river. Limited information was formed upon initial contact with the victim who was transported to a hospital for treatment of his wounds. The AMP is the police force on the Canadian side of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation . "Akwesasne used to be a fishing place, but all these locks and power dams cut off all the anadromous fish, and raised the water levels, which ruined the trapping and fish spawning grounds and waterfowl nesting in the marshes -- there is no hunting and fishing anymore. Later that evening, the traditionals abandoned the building to an armed crowd of tribals, who later accused them of minor thefts and damage. In 1959, the year that Reynolds began its operation, there were five times as many cow barns on Cornwall Island as there are today, and meanwhile, a healthy high protein diet of fish, meat and Indian corn has been replaced by an unhealthy one of potatoes, macaroni, gravies and bread. Read more about cookies here. Visit our Community Guidelines for more information and details on how to adjust your email settings. 613-575-2340. The Chief of Police acknowledged that the community is going through a difficult time with the ongoing investigation of two missing persons. The Akwesasne Mohawk Police are investigating the kidnapping, assault and robbery of a Cornwall taxi cab driver. Meanwhile Tribal Council Head Chief Rudy Hart had "deputized" 40 supporters and threatened to arm them if the state police did not execute their warrants, while the state police announced that they would not serve the warrants until the strong emotions on the reservation had calmed down a little. Located in Akwesasne and Kahnawake. Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. "Maybe I ought to confiscate your chain saws,' I told 'em; I didn't really know what I ought to do. Such a powerful demonstration of what our people are just beginning to do, for the first time in maybe 250 years.". Two people were taken into police custody at the Kawehnoke residence, a third was arrested by OPP ERT members in Cornwall and a fourth voluntarily surrendered to police. The Intel Officer is responsible or tracking all in-coming data as well as disbursing information to other agencies. "So the leaders say, 'You go over there because you can understand him.' As a result of the investigation, 30-year-old Jordan Lazore and 33-year-old Amanda Poirier both residents of the Akwesasne First Nation have been charged along with 38-year-old Brandon Laffin and 35-year-old Jennifer O-Bryne both from Cornwall. Regis Akwesasne Police Department. Please consider the AMPS Facebook account first as an official source for policing matters relating to the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne. And those kids helped me put their stuff in the back of my truck!" With a good mind it is our responsibility to protect and exercise our inherent rights while creating sustainable partnerships and building a strong community for future generations., Akwesasne Land Where the Partridge Drums He was no longer responding to tough questions by telling me that my head was screwed on wrong. In 1971, the Band Council passed a Band Council Resolution to call the police Service "St. Regis Akwesasne Police Department". The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service has been in existence since the 1960s. After the dawn raid at Akwesasne, the tension between Mohawk factions was too rigid to dissolve through negotiations. The community services division operates twenty four hours a day seven days a week. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For non-emergency calls or for general information, use the appropriate Akwesasne Mohawk Police number below: Crime Stoppers: 613-575-2255Non-emergency Phone: 613-575-2340Franklin County Fire Department: 518-483-1211, 2022 Akwesasne Mohawk Police Freedom of Information Privacy Policy Website Feedback Locations Contact Us, PO Box 90, Akwesasne, Quebec H0M 1A0, Phone. On Aug. 16, St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police arrested Victor J. Lazore after conducting a search at 55 St. Regis Rd., and charged with the third-degree, E felony of criminal possession of marijuana. Phone: (518) 358-2272 Fax: (518) 358-3203, Saint Regis Mohawk Health Service By Kaniehtonkie. "A lot of the people are starting to think, 'Hey, this isn't politics any more, it's a question of right and wrong.' The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service along with the Ontario Provincial Police weapons enforcement unit led the execution of the search warrant as part of an ongoing investigation. Even though it is poisoned, it is difficult for us to exchange this land for somewhere else. Email: info@akwesasne.ca Thompson informed them that he was not subject to New York State law while on Mohawk territory, which is not a part of Franklin County; it was therefore his duty as a leader of the Mohawk Nation to refuse arrest. On the far bank, where the GM foundry looms over the western edge of Akwesasne, I was waved past by a security man with a pistol on his hip who had been alerted about my arrival from Cornwall Island; eight days after the crisis of Friday the 13th, the phone lines to the besieged camp were not yet repaired. In New York, I had interviewed Harding, who was eager to lay out the state's version of the case and his own role in it. And now they've lost all their momentum, they're not psyched up any more, they've had time to think." Akwesasne Mohawk Police Seize Guns, Drugs & Cash in Kana:takon June 07, 2021 "Harding likes to throw around big words that you have to have three years of college to understand," John Mohawk says. The ultimatums, threats and preparations did not really subside until late next day. Different rinks are open and available throughout the week the School Board says all are welcome at any of the open locations free of charge. ON Meanwhile, they sealed off all the roads leading to the encampment, placing it effectively in a state of siege like the one at Wounded Knee six years before. Loran Thompson has no sugar maples down there. Fax: 613-575-2181 Residents served by the Ottawa Valley Waste Recovery Centre can able drop off light bulbs at the Centre's Household Hazardous Waste Depot or at one of the Centre's two Environmental Days held in May and June. "When I was a kid, this island was a beautiful place, and all the families helped each other, worked together; now other people's ideas have been imposed upon us." Their continued presence there serves to keep peace, in the best sense of the word.". PO Box 90 Although the trespass and destruction of the trees ("There were some big sugar maples in there, too," Loran Thompson told me) was illegal under both New York State and Six-Nation law, Thompson could not take his complaint to the police, since the traditionals do not recognize police jurisdiction on the reservation; nor could he expect any satisfaction from the Tribal Council, which had promoted the fence project in the first place. .". "I used to wonder why white people got so paranoid about our land claims; then a white person explained that they expect to be treated as other whites would treat them; they would be asked to leave the land and go back to England, France and Sweden. According to Oren Lyons, a traditional Onondaga chief and a spokesman for the Six Nations (Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Tuscarora) who alerted me to the crisis in May, it was important that their side of the story get out as soon as possible, before people were killed. Brian's brother Harris is the head of the Akwesasne Police, the man who first attempted to arrest Chief Loran Thompson. The St.Regis Band Council passed a Resolution forming the St.Regis Akwesasne Police. ", Boots had said that more than half the vigilantes had been Quebec Catholics, organized around the Hogansurg Fire Department by former Head Chief Rudy Hart, whose son, Rudy Hart Jr., the HUD planner, had recently ordered a $50,000 fire truck for the community. This March Break, arenas will open their public skating free of charge due to the Renfrew County District School Board. Raymond Harding, lawyer, lieutenant colonel in the New York National Guard and special consultant to Gov. The Deputy Chief of Police is the assistant director of law enforcement for the tribe. ON On the far shore, the General Motors foundry sat like an unnatural gray city near the bank; beyond, above the Seaway Bridge, rose the high stacks of Reynolds and Alcoa. He did not have to say who those "other people" were. In the related investigation, the OPP seized 46 firearms from two people from Ottawa during a traffic stop on Highway 401 east of Prescott on Sept. 7. A First Nations community TV station and production company.