Hildale

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 >>

Tom Horne's Cash for Colorado City Policing Set to Run Out, So Taxpayers Might Foot the Bill

The "Marshal's Office" for the FLDS towns of Colorado City and Hildale on the Utah/Arizona border could become the reason for a new $420,000 burden on taxpayers.It turns out that Attorney General Tom Horne won't continue to use his office's funds to pay the Mohave County Sheriff's Office for extra p ... 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 >>

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 >>

Doris Goodale Won't Explain Her Defense of Colorado City's Allegedly Corrupt Police Force

For the second straight year, Republican Representative Doris Goodale strongly opposed legislation that would disband the "Marshal's Office" in the polygamist town of Colorado City, which is in her district.Despite county, state, and federal authorities claiming misconduct in the police force there, ... 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 >>

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 >>

Janet Napolitano’s Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security Secretary

It's Texas' Turn to battle with Polygamy

Persecution Complex

Prophet Warren Jeffs' conviction won't stop underage marriages among his followers, much less end polygamy

It Practices What They Preach

Cast into the spotlight by fugitive polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs, the mainstream Mormon Church's trying to distance itself from its infamous cousin

Authorities Swarm Polygamists

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

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, March 30, 2006

Rogue Cops

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

Big Eeeewww!

HBO's created a hot-soccer-mom fantasy in which Jeanne Tripplehorn plays the elder wife in a polygamous marriage

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

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

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

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?

Letters

Letters from the week of January 8, 2004

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

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

Profits of Polygamy

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

Polygamists Probed

The Utah AG's office vows aggressive prosecution of fundamentalist Mormons who "marry" young girls

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.

Organ Players

Letters from the week of April 3, 2003

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

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

Trouble in the Kingdom of God

Rebel polygamists in Colorado City win a crucial court victory