From: The News Tribune
- Family argued store was on Indian trust land, outside state control
- Judge gave sentences of about 240 volunteer hours
- Family entered guilty pleas earlier this year
Robert Comenout Sr. talks about his court case after being sentenced to community service Friday for years of illegal cigarette sales at his family store in Puyallup. He argued the store is on Indian trust land, and therefore should not be under state jurisdiction.
Robert Comenout Sr. is done selling cigarettes at his family store in Puyallup.
“This business was operating for decades, and the state is really interested in it closing,” assistant attorney general Josh Choate told the court Friday at the sentencing of Comenout and his extended family.
