Colorado City

Should Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Colorado City Policing?

Policing the FLDS towns of Colorado City and Hildale on the Utah/Arizona border could become with a new $420,000 for taxpayers.Attorney General Tom Horne's funding for the Mohave County Sheriff's Office to patrol the area is running dry, after a bill that attempts to deal with the situation in Color ... More >>

Did Lawmakers Screw the Pooch on Colorado City?

Despite all the denials, the FLDS border towns of Colorado City and Hildale on the Utah/Arizona border still aren't up to par on the American way of life.Even after recent reports of more horrific animal abuse (even more recently than we'd previously thought), and the reports that as many as 60 surv ... More >>

Colorado City, FLDS Haven, Is Reportedly Covered With Security Cameras, 1984 Style

The Utah/Arizona border towns of Colorado City and Hildale are reportedly swarming with security cameras operated by the polygamist city's government.Reporters from the Salt Lake Tribune counted 29 cameras across the two towns, but were then told there were probably 60, operated by the Fundamentalis ... More >>

Eddie Farnsworth's Flaccid Rationale For Not Closing Child Prostitution Loophole

Courtesy of the conservative Western Free Press, we finally have state Representative Eddie Farnsworth's lame attempt to justify not allowing a bill that would have cracked down on pimps selling teenage prostitutes to have a hearing in the Judiciary Committee, which Farnsworth chairs. See also: -Ed ... More >>

Bill to Get Rid of FLDS-Lovin' Cops in Colorado City Gets Neutered, Passes House

A neutered version of the bill that would have gotten rid of the corrupt cops in Colorado City passed the House yesterday.House Bill 2648 was approved by the House with a 52-7 vote, after one of the primary purposes -- disbanding the "Marshal's Office" in the polygamist town of Colorado City -- was ... More >>

Bill to Get Rid of FLDS-Lovin' Cops in Colorado City Back Again

A bill that would disband the police force in Colorado City is back again this legislative session.For whatever reasons, legislators ended up killing almost the same exact bill last session, and the allegedly corrupt "marshals" on the Utah/Arizona border -- whom Attorney General Tom Horne contends a ... More >>

Tom Horne: Woman Free After Being Held by FLDS in Colorado City for More Than 10 Years

A woman who was married at the age of 14 thanks to convicted child-rapist Warren Jeffs is now free -- at the age of 26.Attorney General Tom Horne set up the press conference yesterday with the woman, Ruby Jessop, as Horne's chalking up her escape to his office's payment to the Mohave County Sheriff' ... More >>

Colorado City Neighbor Hildale Says Justice Department's Claims Are "Disguised" as Facts

See also: Colorado City Sued by Justice Department See also: Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Patrol Colorado CitySee also: Someone Buried a Cat on Ex-FLDS Member's PropertySee also: New Times special report: Polygamy in ArizonaColorado City and its neighboring town of Hildale -- the former stompin ... More >>

Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Investigate Cat Buried Up to Its Head in Concrete on Ex-FLDS Member's Property

See also: New Times special report: Polygamy in Arizona See also: Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Patrol Colorado City See also: Colorado City Sued by Justice DepartmentSee also: Someone Buried a Cat Up to Its Head in Concrete on Ex-FLDS Member's PropertyThe Mohave County Sheriff's Office will be ... More >>

PETA Plans to Forward Tips in the Cat-in-Concrete Case to Marshal's Office (Which Is Accused of Slaughtering Every Dog in Town)

See also: New Times special report: Polygamy in Arizona See also: Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Patrol Colorado City See also: Colorado City Sued by Justice DepartmentSee also: Someone Buried a Cat Up to Its Head in Concrete on Ex-FLDS Member's PropertyPETA's kind of in an awkward spot right now ... More >>

Colorado City: Someone Buried a Cat Up to Its Head in Concrete on Ex-FLDS Member's Property

See also: New Times special report: Polygamy in Arizona See also: Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Patrol Colorado City See also: Colorado City Sued by Justice DepartmentDepending on how many depressing things you're exposed to on a daily basis, this could be the most depressing thing you see today ... More >>

Colorado City Now Has Cops That Enforce Arizona Laws Instead of a Child Rapist's Laws

See also: New Times special report: Polygamy in ArizonaSee also: Tom Horne Sending Cash to Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Patrol Colorado CitySee also: Colorado City Sued by Justice Department; Child Rapist Warren Jeffs Still Running the JointMohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan and his deputies are ... More >>

Should the Feds Be Getting Involved in Colorado City?

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division sued the neighboring towns of Colorado City and Hildale yesterday, as the DoJ apparently thought it was inappropriate to have a child rapist running the show.The DoJ filed suit alleging religious and housing discrimination, with much of the lawsuit brin ... More >>

Does the Legislature Need to Make Sure Colorado City's FLDS-Lovin' Cops Get Lost?

Attorney General Tom Horne's efforts to replace the police force in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office was killed in the state House last week, as the legislative session ended.Colorado City, for those joining late, is the city on the Utah/Arizona border that child r ... More >>

Tom Horne's Effort to Get Rid of FLDS-Lovin' Cops in Colorado City Killed in Legislature

Attorney General Tom Horne's efforts to replace the police force in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office was killed in the state House yesterday, which turned out to be the last day of the legislative session.Colorado City, for those joining late, is the city on the Ut ... More >>

AG Tom Horne Wants to Replace Cops in FLDS Haven Colorado City, Kid-Raping Polygamist Warren Jeffs' Old Stomping Grounds

​A bill that would replace local police in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office was unanimously approved by a state Senate committee this morning.Colorado City, for anyone who doesn't know, is a haven for members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ... More >>

Short Creek redux? Colorado City historian Ben Bistline on the FLDS, Warren Jeffs, and Yearning for Zion.

Carolyn Jessop

Authorities Swarm Polygamists

State and federal law enforcement launches a multifaceted campaign against fugitive fundamentalist Mormon Prophet Warren Jeffs and his followers

Rogue Cops

The police force in Polygamyland helps fugitive Prophet Warren Jeffs and his cult break the law

FBI Raids Polygs

Federal agents descend on fugitive polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs' followers with 66 subpoenas. Five were served

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, January 12, 2006

Plundering the Faithful

Polygamists continue to pipe big money to their fugitive prophet as their towns face financial ruin

Forbidden Fruit

Inbreeding among polygamists along the Arizona-Utah border is producing a caste of severely retarded and deformed children

Crash Course

Fundamentalist Mormons lose control of Colorado City's school district, as a criminal investigation continues

Wanted: Armed and Dangerous

As the FBI chases polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs, work continues 24/7 on his religion's foreboding new Texas capital

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, October 6, 2005

Under Siege

Polygamists are barricading their homes in the midst of mounting legal assaults by authorities

On a Wing and a Prayer

Finding the Colorado City school district's airplane could lead to polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs' arrest

Education Reclamation

A new state law wrests control of Colorado City schools away from polygamist zealots

Derail Polygamy's Money Train

A bill before the Legislature would allow the state to begin reforming a society that steals public money and abuses underage girls

Commentary

Arrest the Polyg Prophet Now!

What are authorities waiting for? Pedophile Warren Jeffs has looted school coffers and is on the run

Too Little, Too Late

The governor needs to help abused women and children in Colorado City. Now.

Blasphemous Backlash

Ross Chatwin said no way to polygamy's holy man before the national press. Will others join him now?

Double Exposure

Arizona's finally followed Utah's lead and launched serious action to stop abuses by polygamists

Politics Over Principle

Napolitano and Goddard exhibit cowardly conduct in the polygamy probe

Letters

Letters from the week of August 28, 2003

Victims' Refuge

Arizona and Utah officials decide to curb underage marriages by erecting a sheriff's substation in polygamy country

Utah Targets Polyg Prophet

While Arizona authorities languish, the Utah Attorney General's Office focuses on the leader of the fundamentalist Mormon Church

Eyes Wide Shut

From Governor Janet Napolitano down, Arizona authorities have protected polygamous sexual predators with their indifference

Dirty Tricks

A call to an ex-gubernatorial candidate's campaign cell phone is linked to forged documents used to slam Napolitano and Salmon.

Profits of Polygamy

Arizona launches a probe into alleged improper spending by the Colorado City school district

Bigamy, Big Boys

Letters from the week of April 17, 2003

Polygamy in Arizona: The Wages of Sin

Arizona polygamist leaders are using public funds to support religious schools and line their own pockets. The state's done nothing to stop them.

Fornicating for God

As the case of a snatched Mormon girl from Salt Lake City unfolds, polygamists along the Arizona-Utah border face legal scrutiny

Bound by Fear: Polygamy in Arizona

For decades the state has let a feudal colony of fundamentalist Mormons force underage girls into illegal polygamous marriages

Polygamy Puzzle

Furor over mysterious memo masks difficulties in prosecuting illegal acts

An Abbreviated History of Polygamous Communities

Cover-Up (Arizona Attorney General internal memo)

Arizona faces a "Waco-level" threat from Mormon fundamentalists.

Trouble in the Kingdom of God

Rebel polygamists in Colorado City win a crucial court victory