Red Tomahawk back in custody after being out on bond for less than 12 hours

MADISON, Neb. -- Authorities in Madison County arrested Kelly Red Tomahawk mere hours after being release on bond. 

The Madison County Sheriff's Office said deputies arrested 37-year-old Red Tomahawk less than 12 hours after bing released on bond on charges related to witness tampering and terroristic threats. 

Red Tomahawk was released on Thursday around 9 a.m. after the county court judge reduced his bond the day before. His bond was reduced so he could attend drug and alcohol treatment. 

MCSO said that part of his bond conditions were to not contact any of the victims in the terroristic threats case. 

But Friday morning around 10:19 a.m., MCSO said he was on the phone with the victim again in direct violation of the bond condition. 

Officials said that an investigator with MCSO was alerted to the call, and they obtained a recorded copy of it as the victim is currently housed in the Antelope County Jail. 

The investigator said that after listening to the call, they were able to positively identify Red Tomahawk and the victim as the two parties on the call. 

MCSO said the investigator then sought an arrest warrant which was later executed on Red Tomahawk at a treatment facility.