MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kyle Elliott Leitka, age 31, of Weleetka, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 13 months’ imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release for Abusive Sexual Contact In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1151, 1153, 2244(b) and 2246(3). The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The Indictment to which the defendant previously entered a guilty plea alleged that on or about June 22, 2020, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Indian Country, the defendant, an Indian, did knowingly engage and attempt to engage in abusive sexual contact as defined in Title 18, United States Code, Section 2246, to wit: intentionally touching the genitalia, either directly or through the clothing, of S.R., a person who had not given him permission, with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.
Acting United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson said, “Touching a child for sexual gratification is inexcusable. It is criminal and morally repugnant. Seeing our most vulnerable being preyed upon is heartbreaking, and it is the goal of the justice system to identify, prosecute and punish those responsible for these reprehensible crimes."
The Honorable John F. Heil, III, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorney Sarah McAmis represented the United States. Leitka was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal to await commitment to a United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve his non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
