Cherie Lash Rhoades
Ousted tribal leader charged with 4 murder counts
By JEFF BARNARD
The Associated Press
Court documents say a California undersheriff responding to reports of a shooting at a tiny Indian tribe's headquarters arrived to find an ousted tribal leader stabbing someone in the parking lot.
A criminal complaint filed Monday in Modoc County Superior Court charges former Cedarville Rancheria chairwoman Cherie Lash Rhoades with four counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. She is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.
District Attorney Jordan Funk says prosecutors will seek the death penalty because four people were killed in the knife and gun attack in Alturas, Calif.
A declaration of probable cause says Modoc County Undersheriff Ken Richardson saw Rhodes stabbing one of the victims in the headquarters parking lot, and he handcuffed her after another person tackled her.
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