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The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and officers with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians arrested Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran on June 27.

Cochran is also charged with violations of the Cherokee Code, including two counts of oppression in office and one count of abusive sexual contact. More: Swain County sheriff charged with sexual ...

According to the district attorney’s office, Cochran was arrested by agents with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and officers with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for ...

SBI agents and officers with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians took Cochran into custody on Friday. A judge also granted the District Attorney’s motion to immediately suspend him from office.

Agents with the State Bureau of Investigation and police officers with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians arrested Cochran, Welch said.

The cyclists were greeted by hundreds of friends and family from the Cherokee Nation and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians upon their return to Tahlequah Friday.

Along the way the riders -- 12 from the Cherokee Nation and six from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina -- visited Cherokee grave sites and landmarks.

Freida Saylor of Cherokee, N.C., is a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. A 46-year-old mother of four, Saylor was the oldest rider of the group.