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Woman Arrested On False Reporting Charges (May be involved in FDLS Sect phone calls)
ABC News 7 Denver ^ | 04 18 08 | 7NEWS

Posted on 04/17/2008 10:12:04 PM PDT by Howdy there

DENVER -- A Colorado Springs woman was arrested on charges of false reporting to authorities and is being investigated for her alleged involvement in the call that tipped authorities off to possible abuse at a Texas polygamist compound.

Police said they arrested 33-year-old Rozita Swinton at her home on Wednesday.

The Texas Rangers were in Colorado Springs Wednesday as part of their investigation involving the compound in Texas. They left and have not filed any charges on Swinton, said Colorado Springs police spokesman Lt. Skip Arms.

Arms said he could not discuss any aspects of the Texas case. The affidavit for the Colorado Springs case has been sealed so details cannot be released, he said.

Call7 Investigators reported this is not be the first time Swinton has been arrested on charges of making false reports to authorities. According to KRDO, the charge against Swinton was made in connection to calls received by police in February indicating she was 13 years old and trapped in a basement.

Watch 7NEWS at 10 p.m. for a live report.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: fdlssectpolygamy; flds; jeffs; swinton
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To: gost2

Apparently, they have an on-site crematorium.


161 posted on 04/18/2008 6:00:51 AM PDT by Rutabega (European 'intellectualism' has NOTHING on America's kick-a$$ism!)
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To: gost2

The only young men who are allowed to marry, indeed stay in the cult at all, are the sons of the dukes and lords

May I point out if the only ones that get to stay are the dukes and lords than all the boys are the sons of the dukes and lords there would be no others..


162 posted on 04/18/2008 6:04:34 AM PDT by mouser (run the rats out its the only hope we have)
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To: dragnet2

Every article I have read says that the call was placed with a battered women’s shelter, who forwarded the information to CPS. The women’s shelter probably did not record the number because these calls are confidential, and abuse victims are often frightened of repercussions if they get a call at home from an abuse center. Makes sense to me, and it has been reported this way in many previous threads, but I could, of course, be wrong.


163 posted on 04/18/2008 6:05:29 AM PDT by Rutabega (European 'intellectualism' has NOTHING on America's kick-a$$ism!)
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To: DoughtyOne

My first thought ...maybe she is not the original person to report abuse but is a copycat

mere speculation of course


164 posted on 04/18/2008 6:11:49 AM PDT by woofie
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To: Choose Ye This Day
How hard is it for authorities to track where the cell phone call originated from? Shouldn’t that have happened by now?

When all you have is a note made by a worker at the shelter on a pad, fairly hard.

165 posted on 04/18/2008 7:41:28 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("Never apologize, Mister, it's a sign of weakness" - Nathan Brittles)
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To: D-fendr
I’m no lawyer, but it seems to me there was plenty of testimony and reason for probable cause without the call.

That's right. That's the evidence they used to file all of those criminal charges before the government seized all of those children.

Oh wait...

166 posted on 04/18/2008 7:48:30 AM PDT by Knitebane (Happily Microsoft free since 1999.)
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To: roamer_1
Who knows? Where is the e-v-i-d-e-n-c-e?

h-e-r-e
Investigator says girls pregnant in polygamist sect

167 posted on 04/18/2008 7:55:28 AM PDT by Hildy (Obama: "Yes, I sat in his church, but I didn't inhale.")
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To: SpaceBar

OMG...You’re right...there’s been no talk about teenage boys...I’d like to know the actual numbers. It’s hard to believe this goes on in our modern country...and the same people here who stick up for this are the first to bash Islam for the way women are treated there.


168 posted on 04/18/2008 7:58:49 AM PDT by Hildy (Obama: "Yes, I sat in his church, but I didn't inhale.")
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To: sheik yerbouty
A modern day Tituba..

I get your reference, but I'm thinking

Does it really matter if she gave a false statement, we have to get those rich racist white fratboys

169 posted on 04/18/2008 8:01:52 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("Never apologize, Mister, it's a sign of weakness" - Nathan Brittles)
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To: Mr. Silverback
Well, I don't often find myself on the same side of an issue as Hildy

I almost fell off my bed! Just goes to show if you stick around FR long enough, ANYTHING can happen!!! Back on issue, it's sort of weird that the people who are defending this cult are the very people who lament on the way the Muslim community treats women. There's not much difference..except Muslim women are allowed to leave their homes from time to time.

170 posted on 04/18/2008 8:03:00 AM PDT by Hildy (Obama: "Yes, I sat in his church, but I didn't inhale.")
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To: UCANSEE2

actually you can’t because if this DOES pan out then the woman’s false being an independent and sole performer in the fraud may actually save the case. PROVIDED the police did not induce her to call.

Proves up the good faith defense of the police.

This also eliminates the issue from a potential jury.

NOW the real question is whether anyone told the 416 lawyers in the custody case.


171 posted on 04/18/2008 8:10:11 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: longtermmemmory

They were claiming last night that some of the teen age girls told the investigators that they knew the girl who made the call. I was wondering how that could be since she was anonymous and the accused never lived at the compound.


172 posted on 04/18/2008 8:12:43 AM PDT by Eva (CHANGE - the new euphemism for Marxist revolution)
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To: Mr. Silverback

“he was just trying to discuss the evidence in a reasonable fashion.”

(something that you will find is not allowed here on FR, when it pertains to a thread of such emotional nature)

: )


173 posted on 04/18/2008 8:16:49 AM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: dragnet2

“Bet ya a cup of coffee there is no “Sara”.”

I bet you think there has never been any abuse at the compound, and that Warren Jeffs and other men at the compound were never indicted, convicted, and sent to prison.


174 posted on 04/18/2008 8:19:25 AM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: roamer_1
You know, it would be really great if people who argue legal issues would:

a) Employ some basic logic skills.

b) Understand basic legal definitions.

For example:

It is not my duty to provide such evidence. Americans are supposed to be assumed innocent.

Yes, but you are presuming guilt on the part of the government employees without any evidence. In other words, your charges ar "trumped up." The only difference between you and the people you are accusing is that you don't have the force of the legal system behind you.

And...

Search warrants are not supposed to be issued on hearsay.

Hearsay is when a person says that someone else told them about a crime. This was not the case. Like I said, if we're going to discuss legal matters, let's use the words for what they mean.

Private property must not be breached without a damn good reason, and that reason must be proven with some semblance of evidence before the fact.

So, it's your contention (still without evidence) that the police executed this warrant, found nothing wrong and trumped up charges against these people that will involve hard jail time? Does that really sound plausible to you?

175 posted on 04/18/2008 8:20:18 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.)
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To: Hildy

Did the investigator go and arrest all the pregnant girls at the local high schools as well? I hear that the teenage pregnancy rate among Hispanic girls is zooming. Maybe they should look into that.

I don’t agree with anything that is going on in these cults, but I don’t think that this is the way to go about the investigation.


176 posted on 04/18/2008 8:20:47 AM PDT by Eva (CHANGE - the new euphemism for Marxist revolution)
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To: Hildy

Maybe we should go to the local Indian reservation, too. The girls there are often pregnant at thirteen. The story is that the numbers have to be kept up to get federal benefits, so teenage pregnancy is a good thing.


177 posted on 04/18/2008 8:23:23 AM PDT by Eva (CHANGE - the new euphemism for Marxist revolution)
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To: dragnet2

“What would be her motivation for doing that? Why would a 33 year old impersonate a 13 year old, and then allege she was held against her will or being harmed?”

“Then it’s discovered she has prior convictions for calling in false police reports? “


I don’t want to be so blunt, and offend you, but are you trying to prove to FR Readers that you are ‘slow’ on the uptake????


178 posted on 04/18/2008 8:25:16 AM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: Rutabega

That should be grounds for long prison terms right there.


179 posted on 04/18/2008 8:25:51 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Better a leftist Dem with energized GOP opposition, than a leftist "Republican" with no opposition.)
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To: Howdy there

so far your addition to the headline is premature.......no charges have been filed.


180 posted on 04/18/2008 8:28:24 AM PDT by tioga
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