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Yukon First Nation Chief Roger Kyikavichik Charged With Sexual Assault; Court Date In February

The Canadian Press, 01 Jan, 2016 02:45 PM

OLD CROW, Yukon — Mounties say a First Nation chief in Yukon has been charged with sexual assault.

RCMP say charges were sworn against Roger Kyikavichik in Yukon territorial court on Wednesday and he was released on strict conditions.

Kyikavichik is the chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, located in Old Crow, about 800 kilometres north of Whitehorse.

Mounties say police received a complaint in August about an alleged sexual assault in the fall of 2014.

Kyikavichik is set to next appear in territorial court in Old Crow on Feb. 2.

He was elected chief in 2014.

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