Isidro Garza, Jr., the former manager of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, was sentenced last week to 235 months in prison by US District Judge Walter Smith in Waco for his role in the embezzlement of over $2 million from tribal funds, including over $1.7 million from tribal community health services and more than $200,000 from the tribal casino. Also sentenced were his son, former state Rep. Timoteo Garza, who received a 78 month prison sentence; his wife Martha Garza, sentenced to 24 months in prison; and former tribal casino manager Lee Martin, sentenced to 60 moths in prison. All four are non-Indians. In October 2007 they were convicted after a jury trial on multiple counts of substantive theft from an Indian gaming establishment and other charges including conspiracy and tax evasion. AP here, San Antonio Express-News here.
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