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Federal grand jury indicts polygamous sect leader for allegedly fleeing prosecution. (FLDS)
CourtTV.com ^ | May 1, 2008 | Staff

Posted on 05/01/2008 11:21:41 AM PDT by greyfoxx39

Federal grand jury indicts polygamous sect leader for allegedly fleeing prosecution

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted the leader of a polygamous sect Wednesday, accusing him of fleeing to avoid prosecution on Utah sex charges.

The one-count indictment covers a five-month period in 2006, although Warren Jeffs was believed to be on the run for a longer stretch before his arrest in August during a traffic stop near Las Vegas.

Jeffs also faces trial in southern Utah in April on charges of rape as an accomplice for his alleged role in the ceremonial marriage of a teenage girl to an older cousin. In Arizona, he faces felony sex charges in Mohave County, Ariz. for his alleged role in arranging underage marriages for some of his followers.

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To help in the search for Jeffs, federal prosecutors filed an arrest warrant against him in April 2006.

Federal charges tied to such warrants typically are dropped once a suspect is caught and transferred to state authorities. But with Jeffs, "we felt like if there were ever a time to pursue a defendant ... this was it," said Melodie Rydalch, spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman.

The federal charge carries a maximum punishment of five years in federal prison.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crime; flds; govtabuse; indictment; polygamy
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1 posted on 05/01/2008 11:21:42 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
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To: colorcountry; Pan_Yans Wife; MHGinTN; Colofornian; Elsie; FastCoyote; Osage Orange; Greg F; ...

Ping


2 posted on 05/01/2008 11:23:13 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (FLDS.... making babies with children because their God wants earthly bodies for spirit babies.)
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To: greyfoxx39

Pull up every jaywalking that feak has just to add more time behind bars and off our streets.


3 posted on 05/01/2008 11:25:04 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: greyfoxx39

Good.


4 posted on 05/01/2008 11:26:35 AM PDT by Old Mountain man (Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
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To: greyfoxx39

Jeffs will never leave jail alive. <-— There, I said it first.


5 posted on 05/01/2008 11:27:01 AM PDT by PeterFinn (Charlton Heston & Ronald Reagan - my two favorite Presidents.)
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To: NYpeanut; the808bass; brytlea; pandoraou812; ricks_place; CindyDawg; Huntress; Pebcak; ...

PING!!

FReepmail to be added to the FLDS Eldorado Legal Case Ping List


6 posted on 05/01/2008 11:32:00 AM PDT by Politicalmom (It's the child abuse, stupid!!)
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To: PeterFinn

Ditto.


7 posted on 05/01/2008 11:41:20 AM PDT by najida (On FR- Most guys see themselves is Brad Pitt, and think every woman here is Aunt Bea)
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To: najida; PeterFinn

It’s true. I’m surprised he’s survived this long. Pedophiles don’t do well in prison.


8 posted on 05/01/2008 11:48:52 AM PDT by Froufrou
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They don’t have him in the general population.


9 posted on 05/01/2008 11:54:41 AM PDT by Pebcak
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They don’t have him in the general population.

Well, just...DAMN!

10 posted on 05/01/2008 12:01:08 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (FLDS.... making babies with children because their God wants earthly bodies for spirit babies.)
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To: Pebcak

Might I add that I hope his fellow inmates learn not only of his provoclivity for young girls but also of his profound teachings on race.


11 posted on 05/01/2008 12:03:57 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (I could never 'Keep Sweet' I am a bitter Pennsylvanian)
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To: greyfoxx39

No, that’s a good thing. That means moving him to the general population can be a leverage for information.


12 posted on 05/01/2008 12:04:50 PM PDT by Pebcak
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

Good thought.


13 posted on 05/01/2008 12:07:18 PM PDT by Pebcak
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To: greyfoxx39

How is this dated today?........ Yes it’s today’s web page but the article is old isn’t it?.....

Updated March 8, 2007, 2:46 p.m. ET

The link would indicate Mar 7, 2007 [030707]
http://www.courttv.com/news/polygamy/030707_jeffs_ap.html


14 posted on 05/01/2008 12:15:23 PM PDT by deport ( -- Cue Spooky Music --)
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To: mtbopfuyn

“Pull up every jaywalking that feak has just to add more time behind bars and off our streets.”

I dare you to say that in English.


15 posted on 05/01/2008 12:22:36 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (I reserve the right to misinterpret the comments of any and all posters)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

Karl Malone seems to be doing fine. Karl’s son just got drafted in the NFL after graduating college at 21. The boy’s momma is 34


16 posted on 05/01/2008 12:25:47 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: greyfoxx39
Hefner: "I tried to warn Warren about messing around with jailbait, but he didn't listen..."

17 posted on 05/01/2008 12:26:27 PM PDT by TheDon
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To: greyfoxx39
Big Love's Bill Henrickson, "Warren blew it! He shouldn't have gotten involved with minors. Look where it got him."


18 posted on 05/01/2008 12:30:03 PM PDT by TheDon
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To: TheDon

Between the bleached hair, fake nails, spray on tans, and silicone implants there are more chemicals assembled in that room than in a Monsanto plant.


19 posted on 05/01/2008 12:38:57 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (I could never 'Keep Sweet' I am a bitter Pennsylvanian)
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To: greyfoxx39
Federal grand jury indicts polygamous sect leader for allegedly fleeing prosecution. (FLDS)

THIS is untrue!!

What SPINELESS 'journalist' wrote this headline???

THIS would be more like it:

Federal grand jury indicts polygamous sect leader for fleeing prosecution.

20 posted on 05/01/2008 12:50:50 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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