A man who is posing as a police officer is suspected of at least 10 rapes on the Fort Apache Reservation in Arizona.
The attacks began in March. They occurred late at night on a trail between two housing projects.
The victims are all Indian -- nine girls and one young woman. The suspect has been describe as Indian.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs formed a task force to track the rapist. A $10,000 reward is being offered.
Get the Story:
Fake police officer sought in reservation rapes
(AP 10/5)
Related Stories:
Serial rapist threatens Fort Apache Reservation
(9/28)
Cherokee woman killed by
estranged husband (9/27)
Report outlines
high murder rate of Native women (9/21)
Data shows high rates of Native violence in
Farmington (08/31)
Pine Ridge
Reservation shelter helps hundreds (08/10)
Walk raises awareness of domestic violence
(05/12)
Shakopee Tribe awards anti-domestic
violence grant (05/03)
Tribes unite for
domestic violence awareness (04/25)
Men
sentenced to life in prison for kidnap, rape (01/27)
Domestic violence an epidemic in Indian Country
(11/8)
Editorial: Breaking the circle of
domestic violence (10/26)
Figures show
drop in Indian Country jail population (10/25)
Michigan tribe marches against domestic
violence (10/21)
Navajo man leads walk
against domestic violence (10/12)
Senate
approves violence act with tribal provisions (10/5)
DOJ awards grants for Indian women safety sites
(09/22)
Editorial: Protect Native women from
domestic violence (09/12)
Domestic
violence a problem on Montana reservations (9/9)
Violence Against Women Act set to expire this month
(9/6)
Column: Genocide of Indian women
continues today (08/15)
Violence Against
Women Act includes tribal provisions (06/14)
Study finds high rates of trauma among two
tribes (06/01)
Harjo: Native women
aren't safe in Indian Country (04/29)
Two charged with rapes on Montana reservation
(02/25)
Congress puts focus on Indian
Country crime (11/22)
Violent crime on
the rise on Navajo Nation (11/02)
Tribal
rights recognized in domestic violence bill (10/26)
Alaska wants to reduce tribal powers in child
welfare (09/09)
Two grants to combat
domestic violence on reservation (09/01)
Justice bill shifts priorities in Indian Country
(8/4)
Criminals on Navajo Nation
sometimes set free (07/30)
Tribal
authority over all Indians still unsettled question (06/23)
Native women in Oklahoma at high risk for
violence (05/26)
Federal prosecutor
seeks to change 'national shame' (04/19)
IHS compiles domestic violence
research (10/29)
Native
youth victimization outpaces nation (07/17)
Natives top violent crime list
again (4/8)
One in 10 hate
crimes target American Indians (10/1)
DOJ: American Indians highest injured
(6/25)
DOJ: Violent crime
plagues Indian Country (3/19)
Man posing as police officer suspected of 10 rapes
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Trending in News
1 Tribes rush to respond to new coronavirus emergency created by Trump administration
2 'At this rate the entire tribe will be extinct': Zuni Pueblo sees COVID-19 cases double as first death is confirmed
3 Arne Vainio: 'A great sickness has been visited upon us as human beings'
4 Arne Vainio: Zoongide'iwin is the Ojibwe word for courage
5 Cayuga Nation's division leads to a 'human rights catastrophe'
2 'At this rate the entire tribe will be extinct': Zuni Pueblo sees COVID-19 cases double as first death is confirmed
3 Arne Vainio: 'A great sickness has been visited upon us as human beings'
4 Arne Vainio: Zoongide'iwin is the Ojibwe word for courage
5 Cayuga Nation's division leads to a 'human rights catastrophe'