[BlueMoose]

Block said charges have yet to filed against Swinton. Information, evidence and a statement by Swinton will be forward to state and federal prosecutors to determine whether Swinton will be charged criminally, the release said. Two Texas Rangers traveled to Colorado Springs on Wednesday, and met with local law enforcement officers about a possible connection between Swinton and phone calls made "regarding activities" at the YFZ Ranch,

April 18, 2008

[colorcountry]

You still have not provided a link. Do you have one?

[BlueMoose]

The FLDS has denied that any abuse takes place at the ranch.

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The woman identifying herself as Sarah Barlow also called a battered women’s shelter in Snohomish County, Washington, using another phone number, the affidavit says.

That phone number was traced to Swinton’s address, the affidavit says.

On April 10, the woman called the Washington shelter again and was put on the line with a Texas deputy. She said she felt that she would be punished for the trouble she had caused, was worried that her baby might be taken away and was angry with a woman she had contacted March 29 for prompting the raid by law enforcement.

During that conversation, the affidavit says, the woman used terminology common to the FLDS, referring to her “sister wives,” for instance.

The phone number used in the Washington call was traced to the Colorado Springs apartment where Swinton lives, the affidavit says. The number was also used to call a Utah organization for women escaping polygamy and an abuse counseling center in Fort Myers, Florida, phone records showed.

Swinton pleaded guilty to a charge of false reporting in June 2007 and was under a 12-month deferred sentence, the affidavit says.

At a custody hearing last week, a Texas judge ruled that the state will temporarily retain custody of the 437 children removed in the raid.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday evening, laboratory workers at San Angelo Coliseum completed taking DNA samples from mothers and children, said Janice Rolfe, a spokeswoman for the state attorney general’s office.

She did not say how many samples were taken.

[CharlesWayneCT]

You know, it may be that calling a help line and making up a story isn’t a crime. I would think it is, but if the help line wasn’t a government line or attached to police (and I think this one was a private help line) there may be some question whether such a call would lead to criminal charges or not.

Just speculating.