Arizona’s attorney general has asked a federal judge to disband the police department for twin Utah-Arizona border towns that are dominated by the polygamous church of jailed sect leader Warren Jeffs, according to court papers.
New evidence has emerged that gives credence to a civil suit alleging that the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints -- a sect of polygamous Mormons -- has established theocratic rule in two towns in the Short Creek area on the border between Arizona and Utah. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, jailed sect leader Warren Jeffs is still leading the isolated, highly secretive communities from behind bars.
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A Utah judge dismissed accomplice to rape charges against polygamist leader Warren Jeffs on Wednesday at the request of prosecutors, who said pursuing the case was unnecessary given his life prison term in Texas.
