Posted on 08/29/2006 8:21:11 PM PDT by Niuhuru
Warren Steed Jeffs, the fugitive leader of a polygamist Mormon sect and one of the FBI's 10 most wanted, was arrested in a routine traffic stop outside Las Vegas, the Nevada Highway Patrol and FBI said on Tuesday.
Nevada Highway Patrol Lt. Steve Cabrales said Jeffs was apprehended after being pulled over by a trooper on Monday night.
Jeffs, 50, the leader of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints who is considered a "prophet" by his followers, is wanted for alleged sexual misconduct with minors in Arizona. He is also wanted as an accomplice to rape in Utah, the FBI said.
Jeffs, whose group is estimated to have 10,000 followers, is accused of arranging marriages between older men and underage girls.
FBI special agent David Nanz in Las Vegas said Jeffs was being held in a county jail in Las Vegas awaiting extradition to Arizona.
He was stopped by the Highway Patrol on Monday night for expired license plates on his vehicle, and the patrolman recognized Jeffs, holding him at the scene until FBI agents could arrive to positively identify him, Nanz said.
Jeffs was traveling with one of his wives and a brother at the time of the arrest, which occurred about 6 miles north of Las Vegas, the FBI agent said.
How many cell mates is he going to have?
Good, can we take down his compound now?
I live in Kingman AZ. State news people are already here. I will be going downtown in the next day or so to see if the national newsvans and talking heads begin arriving at the courthouse area in anticipation of him being sent here to Mohave County. My one question on his arrest is WHY did the cops release his wife and brother? Is'nt aiding and abbetting a major crime?
Maybe he killed Jon Benet.
Hehe, you never know.
Well, his wife is probably brainwashed and as for his brother, I don't know.
Why is this man arrested, when there are public bath-houses in every major city in America, with a sickening slick? It is OK to celebrate perversity, but multiple wives brings out the FBI.
I read Krakauer's "Under the Banner of Heaven" FLDS is definitely the all-american equivalent of Wahabism. Proof positive that polygamy is a root of much evil. It attracts nasty characters and can turn decent men bad. It oppresses women and exploits and twists both boys and girls.
The real story is how the Jeffs little empire was able to avoid trouble with the state authorities for decades. There is a scandal.
It's not so much about the multiple wives as it is marrying and marrying off underage girls.
pedophilia and the marketing of minors in arranged marriages bring out the FBI
Sex with minors vs. sex between consenting adults.
It's all about the age of consent.
Are you OK with little girls as young as 13 being married off to middle age men?
Bath houses are disgusting, but I believe they are usually all over 18. If they're not, it's a violation of law.
I read the book too and recommend it to everyone on here. His cult is disgusting .
Experienced cops can tell when a car is under the influence of six different backseat drivers.
Yes, but that does not explain why the authorities did not arrest them as well
This isn't about multiple wives. Ever hear the term, "bleeding the beast?" This pig makes Enron look like a bunch of choir boys.
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