man with 40 wives and 60 kids ....arrested

[Mr. O]

Polygamist Sect Leader Captured in Traffic Stop
Warren Jeffs, on the FBI's Most Wanted list, is accused of arranging underage marriages.
By David Kelly, Gary Cohn and Don Woutat, Times Staff Writers
August 30, 2006


LAS VEGAS — The worldwide manhunt for fugitive polygamist leader Warren Jeffs ended when the self-proclaimed prophet was arrested north of here during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 15, police said Tuesday.

Jeffs, who was on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, had long said he would never be taken alive. But he surrendered quietly late Monday, police said. He was unarmed.

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 The leader of the 10,000-member Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is wanted in Utah and Arizona for alleged involvement in underage marriages, rape and sexual assault.

Utah Atty. Gen. Mark Shurtleff said he was glad the hunt ended peacefully.

"This arrest will crack his mystique and provide the opportunity for the entire story to be told in a court of law before a judge and jury," he said. "These charges are not about the FLDS church or polygamy. No one is above the law. Mr. Jeffs will be treated like any other defendant."

Jeffs' arrest comes after months of local, state and federal efforts to crack down on child sexual abuse and underage marriage in the FLDS, a sect based in the adjoining towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz. As prophet, Jeffs could approve marriages and evict residents.

"The arrest is a major step toward ending Jeffs' tyrannical rule in Colorado City and in the FLDS," Arizona Atty. Gen. Terry Goddard said.

The FLDS, which emphasizes polygamy, is accused of widespread sexual abuse of women and children, welfare fraud, breaking up families, looting schools, driving out boys to reduce competition for wives, and employing children in often dangerous construction jobs.

The sect was the subject of an investigation by The Times in May that helped focus attention on the abuses and on the failure of outside authorities to intervene for nearly half a century.

Since then, police have raided the homes of several men accused of marrying underage girls in Colorado City. The trials of eight men charged with having sex with minors began this summer in Kingman, Ariz. The first resulted in the conviction of Kelly Fischer, sentenced last month to 45 days in jail and three years' probation. A second member went on trial this week.

The U.S. Department of Labor last week sought an injunction against a Hildale contractor, saying it used 14- and 15-year-old boys for hazardous construction work.

Arizona has cracked down on financial irregularities in the FLDS-controlled local school district. The state board of education seized control and appointed a receiver.

Authorities in Arizona and Utah have decertified polygamous police officers, broken up an FLDS trust that had expelled residents from their homes, removed a polygamous judge from the bench and placed an investigator in Colorado City to focus on sexual abuse.

"The prosecution of Jeffs is part of that picture, showing that the law will be enforced," Goddard said. "The important message is that nobody is above the law — as he apparently told his followers he was."

Investigators said Jeffs eluded the law by shuttling back and forth among loyal followers and compounds in Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Colorado and South Dakota. The FLDS recently completed a huge temple in Eldorado, Texas.

"I'm surprised he was stupid enough to come off that Texas ranch," said Sam Brower, a private investigator who has tracked Jeffs for three years. "He just got caught and there was no one to protect him; he had no choice but to go quietly."

A Nevada highway patrolman stopped a red Cadillac Escalade around 9 p.m. Monday because the vehicle license tags were not visible. He found Jeffs inside with one of his estimated 72 wives, and his brother, Isaac Jeffs, at the wheel.

Police also found a "large number" of cellphones, laptop computers, three wigs and more than $50,000 in cash, said FBI Special Agent Steven Martinez.

Jeffs, 50, initially gave a false name, but later admitted his identity, the agent said. Both of his companions were released.

Perhaps no outsider knows the FLDS better than Rodney Parker, a Salt Lake City attorney who has represented church members and has been their frequent guest since 1990.


source latimes.com

[AndrE16686]

Authorities in Arizona and Utah have decertified polygamous police officers, broken up an FLDS trust that had expelled residents from their homes, removed a polygamous judge from the bench and placed an investigator in Colorado City to focus on sexual abuse.

 polygamous judge, police

  WWWTF!

[Sikotic™]

It's hard out here for a pimp...

[Mr. O]

It's hard out here for a pimp...

ain't that the truth...

[DipsetGeneral]

yea I saw this guy profiled on Americas Most Wanted before

[King Tech Quadafi]

yeah this fool was on the top 10 list for a while

funny how they booked him on a routine traffic stop

[Mr. O]

yeah this fool was on the top 10 list for a while

funny how they booked him on a routine traffic stop

actually, there was an interview with the police officer.  He said that he was about to let him go because his computer wasn't working.  He just asked few questions and noticed that guy looking nervous.

[Mr. O]

yeah this fool was on the top 10 list for a while

funny how they booked him on a routine traffic stop

[Diabolical]

Everyone gets nervous when they talk to the poilce even if htey've never done anything.

[Don Rizzle]

i thought he had 80 wives and 200 children thats what they said in the channel 4 documenary a couple of weeks ago

[Mr. O]

i thought he had 80 wives and 200 children thats what they said in the channel 4 documenary a couple of weeks ago

nope ...40 wives, 60 kids.

[King Tech Quadafi]

Everyone gets nervous when they talk to the poilce even if htey've never done anything.

Only pussies like you.

[DipsetGeneral]

They just profiled this story one last time on Americas Most Wanted, this shit is wayyyyyy deeper then you guys think, this dude was a fuckin scumbag.  He was basically like a fuckin nazi and he modeled alot of himself after Hitler, you guys are laughing at this guy lol, do some more reasearch on the cult this guy operated, dude was a fuckin scumbag, if he doesnt get life in prision then our judicial system needs to be abolished.

[Trauma-san]

Yeah, this is crazy shit.  I've been watching it on television, they've been kindly not calling him a mormon.   The mormon church issued a press release totally distancing themselves from the guy:

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Polygamist Sects Are Not “Mormons,” Church Says
29 August 2006
 
SALT LAKE CITY — Many news outlets are reporting on the recent arrest of fugitive polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who is on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.

Some media outlets have been very careful to describe Warren Jeffs as a “fugitive polygamist sect leader.” Other reports refer to Mr. Jeffs as a “Mormon,” “fundamentalist Mormon,” or as the leader of a “Mormon sect.”

Some may debate what the definition of a Mormon is, but terms like “Mormon Tabernacle Choir,” “Mormon Temple” and “Mormon missionaries” are universally understood to refer to the 12-million member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Quite simply, calling Warren Jeffs a Mormon is misleading and confusing to the vast majority of audiences who rightfully associate the term “Mormon” with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The following information may be helpful in further drawing the distinction:

Warren Jeffs Is Not a Mormon
Warren Jeffs is not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and never has been.

Mormons Do Not Practice Polygamy
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints discontinued the practice of polygamy in 1890.

In 1998, President Gordon B. Hinckley said: "I wish to state categorically that this Church has nothing whatever to do with those practicing polygamy. They are not members of this Church. Most of them have never been members. They are in violation of the civil law. ...

"If any of our members are found to be practicing plural marriage, they are excommunicated, the most serious penalty the Church can impose. Not only are those so involved in direct violation of the civil law, they are in violation of the law of this Church."

There Is No Such Thing as a "Mormon Fundamentalist" or "Mormon Sect"
The term "Mormon" is a nickname commonly applied to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There is no such thing as a "Mormon fundamentalist," nor are there “Mormon sects." A correct term to describe these polygamist groups is "polygamist sects." The inclusion of the word "Mormon" is misleading and inaccurate.

Associated Press
The Associated Press Stylebook states, "The term Mormon is not properly applied to the other Latter Day Saints churches that resulted from the split after [Joseph] Smith's death."




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