I don't know.
It probably depends a lot on what was said in those calls to the shelter. If the caller alleged widespread problems and a conspiracy among the members to hide child abuse among the members there, and those allegations appeared credible, the judge may have granted a warrant for the entire compound.
Remember that Jeffs, who is apparently the leader of this group is already in jail awaiting trial for being involved with arranging underage marriages. That lends a lot of credibility to an allegation that there are widespread problems, and that the leadership is helping hide them if not participating.
“That lends a lot of credibility to an allegation that there are widespread problems, and that the leadership is helping hide them if not participating. “
That seems to decribe Philly to a tee.
(Note - I am just wondering about legal issues, not taking any position.)
No, Jeffs is in prison in Utah after being CONVICTED there of being an accomplice to the rape of a 14 year old girl whose marriage he arranged. He is awaiting trial on additional charges in Arizona, for actually raping underage girls himself. It shouldn’t have taken a call from a victim, real or fake, to get Texas authorities to aggressively investigate the goings-on inside this compound. Jeffs is still giving orders from his prison cell. The day before the “raid” on the compound, two of the male leaders from the Texas compound visited Jeffs at his prison in Utah.