Tribal council member faces drug charges

Chippewa Cree Business Committee member Ted Demontiney pleaded not guilty to three drug-related charges when he appeared in tribal court Tuesday.

Demontiney, a first-term member of the Business Committee, pleaded not guilty to criminal distribution and sale of prescription and dangerous drugs, criminal distribution and negligently endangering another person.

Demontiney also pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal possession of prescription and dangerous drugs. However, Chippewa Cree Tribal Judge Melody Whitford, who presided over the hearing, dismissed that charge. She said that becau...