California Judge Orders Indian Casino Till Tapped

A judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a sheriff to take money from an Indian casino till to pay a $725,000 settlement reached between the tribe and a former casino manager, a newspaper reported. Madera County Sheriff John Anderson has until the end of November to carry out county Judge Michael Jurkovich’s ruling against the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians — owners of the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino in the Sierra foothills near Yosemite National Park, according to The Fresno Bee. The newspaper reported over the weekend that a leadership dispute at the tribe has resulted…