A town court jury has delivered its verdict in the trial of a Seneca County man charged with two crimes connected with the 2020 fight that broke out on Cayuga
Kevin Rivoli, The Citizen
Charles Bowman, supporter of the Cayuga Nation Chiefs of the
Haudenosaunee Confederacy, is taken into custody Feb. 29, 2020, by
Cayuga Nation police after fighting breaks out between opposing
nation factions follwing a Haudenosaunee press conference
protesting a land dispute. The nation police turned the matter over
to local law enforcement, citing Bowman s status as a
non-citizen of the Cayuga Nation.
A Seneca County man who sued the Cayuga Nation Police Department s leader and a private security firm, alleging he was assaulted during a 2020 fight on nation property, is now facing criminal charges stemming from the same incident.
A Seneca County man who sued the Cayuga Nation Police Department s leader and a private security firm, alleging he was assaulted during a 2020 fight on nation property, is now facing criminal charges stemming from the same incident.
The Seneca Falls Police Department issued a criminal summons Tuesday to Charles R. Bowman, 47, of Fayette, charging him with third-degree assault and third-degree criminal trespass. He is to answer to the charges in Seneca Falls Town Court at a later date. Police said the charges resulted from a signed prosecutor s information filed by the Seneca County district attorney with the town court.
The violent clash between the nation s traditional members and Cayuga Nation police and security personnel took place Feb. 29, 2020 on nation property in Seneca Falls. Fighting broke out after a press conference held by the Cayuga Nation Chiefs of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy at a site the traditional faction had occupied for several years. The Cayuga Nation Poli