Sheriff arrests official with the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas on aggravated domestic battery charge

Matthew Self

April 25, 2024 at 6:20 PM·1 min read

BROWN COUNTY (KSNT) – An official with a northeast Kansas Native American tribe is under arrest Thursday afternoon.

Sheriff John Merchant with the Brown County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that a search warrant was used around 3 p.m. on April 25 for a home in the 1100 block of Holden Eagle Road on the Kickapoo Reservation. As a result, Chairman of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Lester Randall, was arrested on a charge of aggravated domestic battery.

Randall is listed as the chairman of the tribe with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Indian Affairs division.

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The Kansas Highway Patrol assisted with the execution of the search warrant. The investigation into this is ongoing.

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