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Former tribal chair earns decade in federal prison

By Brian Hagen

10/30/2025

Lester Randall/Credit: Brown Co Sheriff's Office

(MSC News)--Former Kickapoo Tribal Chairman Lester Randall is going to prison.

In a release, the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas said Randall was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to ten years in prison on a charge of sexual exploitation of a minor (receipt of child pornography.

He previously pleaded guilty to the charge. In exchange for the plea, the remaining counts against him at the governement request.

As part of his sentence, the release says Randall is required to register as a sex offender under federal law, is prohibited from having contact with minors or his victims, and must comply with extensive computer and cybercrime monitoring restrictions. The court also imposed financial assessments totaling $1,100, with restitution to victims scheduled for determination on January 7, 2026.

In January, from the the Kickapoo Tribal Court banished Randall from the Tribe for sixty years following his convictions in Tribal Court for attempted homicide and attempted arson.

“The acts committed by Mr. Randall were reprehensible and deeply damaging to victims, families, and our community,” said Gail Cheatham, Chairperson of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas. “As a sovereign nation, we are committed to protecting our people—especially our children—and to ensuring that justice and accountability are upheld both within our jurisdiction and under federal law.”

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