U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
District of Kansas NEWS RELEASE

Eric Melgren, U.S. Attorney

Contact: Jim Cross
Phone: (316) 269-6481

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Dec. 28, 2006

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GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENTS IN TOPEKA ROBBERIES

TOPEKA, KAN. – Federal indictments were returned Wednesday against two men charged with committing a series of robberies in Topeka.

Randall Wayne Thomas, 53, who is being held in the Shawnee County Jail, is charged with two counts of robbery. According to the indictment, on Oct. 22, 2006, Thomas robbed a McDonald’s restaurant at 3530 N.W. 46th in Topeka. In another count, the indictment charges that on Nov. 13, 2006, Thomas helped an accomplice, Tramaine Mondale Beadles, plan the robbery of Kaw Valley State Bank and Trust, 4700 N.W. Hunters Ridge in Topeka.

In a separate but related indictment, Tramaine Mondale Beadles, 24, who is being held in the Jackson County Jail, is charged with taking part in the Oct. 22, 2006, robbery at the McDonald’s restaurant, and the Nov. 13, 2006, robbery at Kaw Valley State Bank.

Beadles also is charged with the Nov. 24, 2006, robbery of Kaw Valley State Bank at 1944 N. Topeka Blvd. in Topeka, and the Nov. 28, 2006, robbery of Capital City Bank, 2915 SW. Wanamaker in Topeka.

Each robbery count carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Topeka Police Department and the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy Hendershot is prosecuting.