Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

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 >>

Michelle Ugenti's Anti-Colorado City Bill Gets No Love from State Senate

If more than two-thirds of the state House votes in favor of a bill that would rein in corruption in local police forces, you would anticipate that the proposed legislation at least would receive a hearing in the state Senate, wouldn't you? See also: -Eddie Farnsworth Blocked Hearing for Anti-Child ... 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 >>

Is Ex-FLDS Member Right to Blame Church Members for Cat Buried Alive in Concrete?

Yesterday, we told you about someone burying a cat, still alive -- at the time -- up to its head in concrete in Colorado City.The cat was left on the property of Isaac Wyler, a former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who left the church years ago.Andrew Chatwi ... 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 >>

Colorado City Sued by Justice Department; Child Rapist Warren Jeffs Still Running the Joint

Colorado City -- the town on the Utah/Arizona border that child rapist Warren Jeffs used to call home -- is being sued by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division for religious and housing discrimination.The feds say the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Jeffs are ... More >>

Tom Horne Sending Cash to Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Patrol Colorado City

The Arizona Legislature didn't really feel the need to replace the police force in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, so Attorney General Tom Horne's pulling out Plan B.The AG's office announced today that it's sending $420,000 to the Sheriff's Office for overtime p ... 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 >>

"Jesus Christ" and Warren Jeffs Co-Author a Letter Asking for Jeffs to Be Released From Prison

If Warren Jeffs -- pedophile/leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- had any marbles left when he was sent to prison, he just lost the rest of them.Jeffs, who's in prison for sexually assaulting two underage "brides," wrote a petition to the Texas Court of Crimina ... 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 >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 29, 2011

Warren Jeffs Released From Hospital After Failing to Starve Himself to Death

Warren Jeffs survived self-imposed starvation.​About three weeks after failing to starve himself to death while rotting in a Texas prison, child-raping cult leader Warren Jeffs has been released from the hospital and taken back to the big house.Jeffs, the former leader of the Fundamentalist Church ... More >>

Warren Jeffs Sentenced to Life in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Child "Brides"

www.article.wn.comWarren Jeffs​Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was in a Texas courtroom today, where he was sentenced to life in prison today for sexually assaulting two underage followers of his breakaway sect of the Mormon Church.See fo ... More >>

Angela Ellsworth on Being Gay, the Mormon Church, and Her Increasing Artistic Success

Warren Jeffs Wins New Trial After Utah Court Reverses Rape Accomplice Convictions

A few hours ago, the Utah Supreme Court announced that it has reversed the 2007 criminal convictions against Warren S. Jeffs, the super-creepy messianic leader of an Arizona-based polygamous sect. We have written often in these pages about Jeffs and his sect, the Fundamentalist Church of J ... More >>

Hot Links: FLDS Land for Sale, D-Backs, and the Shaggy Bandit

​A judge in Utah has ordered the sale of Arizona land belonging to a property trust established by followers of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs. The trust has about $3 million in debt. The 400-acre parcel of land in northern Arizona will be sold to the highest bidder, but the Fundamentalist Ch ... More >>

Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs Force-Fed in Northern Arizona Jail

​We almost forgot about Warren Jeffs when he was thrown in prison to serve two consecutive five-to-life sentences. But his name's bubbled up again. And, this time, it's not connected to the rape or forced marriage of underage girls: Warren Jeffs has decided not to eat. Authorities say Jeff ... More >>

Cry Uncle

Warren Jeffs’ nephew tells tales on the FLDS church

“Angela Ellsworth: Underpinnings” Has Us in Stitches

Opposites Attract

New Sette exhibits charm in different ways

Opposites Attract

New Sette exhibits charm in different ways

It's Texas' Turn to battle with Polygamy

Carolyn Jessop

Loose Screws

The patriotic pigeon uses the bleedin’ facts to peck holes in the rantings of 9/11 conspiracy wacktivists!

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, July 27, 2006

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, July 6, 2006

Rogue Cops

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

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 24, 2005

Wanted: Armed and Dangerous

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

Uncle Sam Wants Them

Military recruiters are grabbing student info from local schools without parents' permission

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?

Politics Over Principle

Napolitano and Goddard exhibit cowardly conduct in the polygamy probe

Eyes Wide Shut

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

Profits of Polygamy

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

House Rules

A surprising settlement in a Morman case

Members Only

Church leaders want ousted members out of their home

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

Good Sports, Bad Religion

Letters from the week of October 17, 2002

An Abbreviated History of Polygamous Communities

Cover-Up (Arizona Attorney General internal memo)

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

Rapture & Rupture

Heavenly deliverance, 'ethnic cleansing' and child-snatching in polygamous Colorado City