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Former Tribal Chair indicted on federal assault charges

By Brian Hagen

07/18/2024

Lester Randall/Credit: Brown Co Sheriff's Office

(KNZA)--Former Kickapoo Tribal Council Chairman Lester Randall has been indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts for violations of the federal Major Crimes Act.

Word of the indictment came in a release Thursday from the Kickapoo Tribe, which closes by saying "no further comments will be provided at this time."

The Lawrence Journal World reports the 48-year-old Randall was indicted on four counts of felony assault stemming from alleged domestic-related incidents over the past year on the Kickapoo Reservation, which resulted in multiple emergency room visits for the female victim.

The first incident is alleged to have taken place in September of last year, and the remaining three are alleged to occurred on three different days in April of this year.

The grand jury indictment was returned on Wednesday and requested that a trial be held in Topeka.

Randall was arrested in April by the Brown County Sheriff's Department on a charge of aggravated domestic battery after a search warrant was served on a home on the Kickapoo Reservation. A preliminary hearing in that case is set for July 31st.

In addition, he was arrested in May on charges of attempted homicide, attempted arson and assault in the second-degree following investigations into various illegal activities on the Kickapoo Reservation.

The investigations were spearheaded by the Kickapoo Police Department with the assistance of various law enforcement agencies.