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14-Hour Standoff Ends In Vilas County Save Email Print
Posted: 5:19 PM Mar 26, 2008
Last Updated: 5:19 PM Mar 26, 2008

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A 14-hour standoff has ended in Lac du Flambeau. Vilas County deputies say 10 members of a local tribe were arrested on tentative charges of criminal trespass after barricading themselves in the reservation's tribal center.

The protesters said they wouldn't come out until the feds agreed to investigate allegations of corruption among tribal council members. The sheriff's department's chief deputy says the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney's Office have agreed to look into the situation

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