Ex-council delegate sentenced to 90 days in jail

FARMINGTON — Former Navajo Nation Council Delegate George Arthur has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for misusing a financial assistance program intended to help tribal members facing financial hardship.

Arthur, who represented Nenahnezad, San Juan and Tiis Tsoh Sikaad chapters, was sentenced Monday in Window Rock, Ariz., according to a press release from the Navajo Nation Special Prosecutor.

Window Rock District Court Judge Carol Perry sentenced the former tribal lawmaker to 90 days in Window Rock jail, followed by 90 days of supervised probation. Perry noted in her ruling that Arthur and other defendants "did not consider the consequences of their actions," the press release states.

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