A youth group took a holiday sign to a sheriff's home. He's accused of holding a gun to the chaperon

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14. ...Rowland also told investigators "drunk Indians" have driven down his cul-de-sac and "come to my d

I hope they throw the book at this sheriff Rowland.



.................Rowland also told investigators “drunk Indians” have driven down his cul-de-sac and “come to my door,” adding: “We have a lot of reservation people around us that are not good people.” (In a Thursday Facebook post, officials with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes said the comments were “racist” and “extremely offensive” and called on Rowland to step down.)

After hearing the knock at his door, Rowland told his wife to get his gun, and he walked outside to see people running down the street, he told investigators. He also saw a vehicle he didn’t recognize turning around, he added, and thought someone might be “casing the neighborhood.”

Cox, who also did not respond to a request for comment, later told investigators the sheriff ought to have recognized her because they had been neighbors and close family friends for 30 years. Cox and her husband let Rowland park his trailer on their property, the affidavit states.

But as Rowland allegedly held his gun to her head, Cox told investigators their relationship didn’t seem to register to the sheriff. “That’s when I really got scared because the gun was still at my head and he didn’t know who I was,” Cox said, according to the affidavit..............................