The FBI’s Phoenix Division-Pinetop/Lakeside Resident Agency is seeking to identify potential victims of Karl Leslie, a police officer with the White Mountain Apache Tribal Police Department, who was recently charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse, kidnapping, and deprivation of rights under color of law.
According to the FBI, it is believed Leslie primarily targeted females and males between the timeframe of 2019 and June 2024.
Leslie was arrested Wednesday in Canyon Day on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.
Leslie, age 42, of Whiteriver, was charged in a 15-count indictment with Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Kidnapping (including one count of Kidnapping-Victim Under 18), Sexual Abuse through Fear, Sexual Abuse through Coercion, and Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law.
Leslie was an active law enforcement officer with the White Mountain Apache Tribal Police Department on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation from April 2007 through June 2024. The indictment alleges that while working as an on-duty law enforcement officer, Leslie sexually abused three victims on dates ranging from Dec. 1, 2020, through Sept. 25, 2023. The indictment alleges that Leslie forcibly raped and kidnapped two of the three victims, one of whom was a minor, and that Leslie twice engaged in sexual acts with a third victim by threatening her and placing her in fear. Each victim is a member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.
The FBI is asking anyone victims or anyone with information relevant to this investigation, to fill out this short form here. If you know of someone else who has possibly been victimized by Karl Leslie, you are asked to encourage them to complete the form themselves.
The FBI is legally mandated to identify victims of federal crimes it investigates.
Victims may be eligible for certain services, restitution, and rights under federal and/or state law. Your responses are voluntary but may be useful in the federal investigation and to identify you as a potential victim. Based on the responses provided, you may be contacted by the FBI and asked to provide additional information.
All identities of victims will be kept confidential.
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