COARSEGOLD (AP) — A judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a sheriff to take money from a Central California Native American casino's till to pay a $725,000 settlement reached between the tribe and a former casino manager. The Fresno Bee reports (http://bit.ly/11IWnxa) that 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. The tribe owns the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino in the Sierra foothills near Yosemite National Park.
Judge orders Indian casino's till tapped