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Nation President Issues Executive Order Excluding Convicted Killer From All Seneca Territories

Edward Kindt set to be paroled

ALLEGANY TERRITORY, SALAMANCA, N.Y. – With Edward Kindt scheduled to be released from prison, Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong, Sr. signed an Executive Order this afternoon banishing Kindt from all Seneca Nation Territories for one year, effective immediately.

Kindt, who is Seneca, was convicted of the 1999 murder of Penny Brown of Salamanca, which is located within the boundaries of the Nation’s Allegany Territory. Kindt was a resident of the Allegany Territory at the time of the murder.

President Armstrong publicly called on the New York State Board of Parole to reconsider its decision to grant Kindt parole release, and sent a letter to the Board stating the Nation’s objection to Kindt’s parole.

“We do not believe that this individual should be allowed to re-enter the same community that was traumatized by his heinous actions,” President Armstrong said. “The State Parole Board’s decision to grant his freedom is a potential threat to many vulnerable, innocent people. We cannot allow the safety of the Seneca people and our community to be threatened or compromised in any way.”
According to the Executive Order, Kindt will be removed from Nation Territories, with the cooperation of local law enforcement, if he returns. The exclusion will be reassessed before its expiration next year

“We will always act in the interest of our people’s safety,” President Armstrong added. “The scars inflicted on our community by this individual’s criminal actions will only be reopened by his return to our territory. Our people will not be forced to live in fear.”