Sioux Valley chief charged with sexual assault
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Virden RCMP arrested the Chief of Sioux Valley last week after receiving a report of a sexual assault from 1984.
The alleged victim told police the assault took place when she was a teen and under the age of 16, while the man was 24 years old, Virden RCMP said in a news release on Monday.
After an extensive investigation, Mounties arrested Vincent Tacan, 65, and charged him with sexual assault, the release said.
The RCMP said they are not releasing the name of the woman or where the assault took place to protect her identity.
On Friday, Tacan posted a message on Facebook confirming that he was “served papers by the RCMP” and “will be fighting this matter in the courts.” The post has since been deleted.
The news came just days before the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation election for chief and councillors on November 13. In a two-person race for Chief, Tacan faces former chief Jennifer Bone.
“I have a lifetime of protecting my community, advocating for our members, and the years trying to advance Sioux Valley as chief. I will continue to do that if elected,” the deleted post read. “As a leader I knew what I was walking into and that Rez politics is dirty.”
The Sun reached out to Tacan on Friday. He said he was advised not to comment on the matter, but that he advised the community that he had been served.
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