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Kongiginak TPO Charged With Assault After Drinking Confiscated Alcohol

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A Tribal Police Officer from Kongiginak was charged with two counts of assault after he allegedly had a party with confiscated alcohol from the police station.

According to the trooper dispatch, Scott Hill, a 25-year-old TPO from Kongiginak, fought with 26-year-old Derek Black from Kongiginak while they were drinking alcohol that Hill took from the Tribal Police Station. Troopers say that Black had to be treated at the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Bethel for injuries sustained during the fight. The alcohol had been confiscated in a case being prosecuted at Kongiginak's tribal court.

Hill was arrested and charged with assault in both the second and fourth degree.