09/24/2026
Level 2 S*x Offender Notification
Karen Anahi Castaneda
New Address: 4707 E. Udall Lane – San Luis, AZ 85349
The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) is releasing the following information pursuant to A.R.S. 13-3825, the Community Notification on S*x Offenders Law. The offender in this publication is living within Yuma County. It is the responsibility of the Chief Law Enforcement Office having jurisdiction where the offender resides to make notification to the community. Notification must be made when certain s*x offenders are released from the Arizona State Prison, accepted under an interstate compact or released from the county jail back into the community. Offenders are categorized into three levels: Level One (low risk to the community), Level Two (intermediate risk to the community), and Level Three (high risk to the community).
The individual who appears on this notification, Karen Anahi Castaneda, 28, has been convicted of a s*x offense that allows for community notification. Karen Castaneda has advised the YCSO that she is residing at 4707 E. Udall Lane in San Luis, Arizona. She is described as 4 feet, 10 inches tall, 106 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She is not wanted by the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office at this time.
On July 23, 2026, Castaneda pled guilty to one count of Open or Gross Lewdness in the Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was sentenced to 36 months of probation and is currently under the supervision of the Yuma County Adult Probation. Her victims were two adult females known to her.
Karen Castaneda is considered a Level 2 s*x offender with an intermediate risk to reoffend.
This notification is not intended to increase fear; rather, it is our belief that an informed community is a safer community. The YCSO has no legal authority to direct where a s*x offender may or may not live. Unless court ordered restrictions exist, this offender is constitutionally free to live wherever he/she chooses. Citizen abuses of this information to threaten, intimidate, or harass s*x offenders will not be tolerated. S*x Offenders have always lived in our communities; but because of Megan’s law, law enforcement is now able to share this information with you.
The YCSO would like to remind the public of the registered s*x offender and community notification program OffenderWatch. To register for free email alerts or search for s*x offenders in your area, please visit the YCSO OffenderWatch page.
If you have information regarding current criminal activity on this or any other offender, please call the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office at (928) 783-4427.
Information Released By: Tania Pavlak, Public Affairs Specialist
