Parker pleads guilty

The former leader of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation pleaded guilty this morning to embezzling from his tribe, while the tribe continues to look for what he next step in finalizing its leadership will be.

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Friends try to shield Raymond "Jake" Parker Jr., left, former Chippewa Cree chairman, from a photographer as he leaves the federal courthouse in Great Falls Tuesday afternoon after pleading guilty to embezzling from the tribe.

Raymond "Jake" Parker Jr. pleaded guilty in the federal courthouse in Great Falls to theft from a tribal organization, an offense he commi...