Authorities seek indicted polygamist sect members
Texas authorities on Wednesday began looking for five indicted members of a polygamist sect, in a child sex-abuse case that the group's spokesman alleged was a face-saving move by officials who lost a court battle over their seizure of hundreds of children from a sect-owned ranch.
The five men were indicted Tuesday with sect leader Warren Jeffs, who already was convicted in Utah and jailed in Arizona on charges related to underage marriages.
Jeffs and four of the followers were charged in Texas with felony sexual assault of a child, and the fifth follower was charged with failing to report child abuse. One of the followers also was charged with bigamy.
"Our office does have warrants in hand and indictments in hand," said Sheriff David Doran of Schleicher County, where the ranch is located. His tiny west Texas department was working with Texas Rangers and prosecutors to arrest the men.
The identities of the men and details of the accusations were to remain under seal until the men are arrested. Doran, who cultivated a relationship with the ranch's residents before state authorities raided the property April 3, said it's hard to tell whether they are even still in Texas.
"I haven't personally seen them since the raid took place," he said.
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Posted By: Kurtdermensch @ 07/23/2008 8:48:29 AM
Comment: The State of Texas HAS to do something to free themselves from liability both criminal and civil at this point. The same reason they wouldn't and didn't just return the kids to their nparents as they should have and said "Sorry! We screwed up and we've been harrassing and persecuting and persuing you for years because our culture will not tolerate different!" Especially when dealing with either Religion or Sex and they lose on both counts... Queen Victoria simply will not die in Anglo America...but she is finally lying in Death bed...Abuse my ass. Any more then since the beginning of time.........or any culture on earth.
Posted By: bluesouth73 @ 06/04/2008 10:34:22 AM
Comment: So Why don't you dictate how life should be for the rest of us.the country is full of people like you who think no one else has a vioce only YOU because for some reason YOU have it figured out.Why didn't you run for president?illegal aliens by the way aren't citizens.if unarmed people want to run across the border knowing the there are ARMED GUARDS then i'm sorry you get what you get.
Posted By: bluesouth73 @ 06/04/2008 10:25:45 AM
Comment: hey sjbrock80 just because you don't support it doesn't mean it doesn't happen so i guess you support teen pregnancy huh because kids are still going to do what they want.i don't support it either but i'd rather my kid wear a condom than catch aids or something else because i want to pretened it doesn't go on.and no i really think those old guys in that sect should have there junk cut off .send the kids back and send the men to jail