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Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief Wallace Fox pleads guilty to assault

A prominent First Nation chief has pleaded guilty to one charge of assault in Lloydminster provincial court.

Given conditional discharge and one year probation

Chief Wallace Fox. (CBC)

Onion Lake Cree Lake Chief Wallace Fox has pleaded guilty to assault.

He entered the plea in Lloydminster provincial court.

Fox was given a conditional discharge and one year probation.

Three other charges Fox were withdrawn.

The assault charge dates back to February, 2015 stemmed from an incident in a private home on the Onion Lake First Nation.