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Report: County Assessor Paul Petersen Runs 'Black Market' Adoption Agency

By Steven Hsieh

Nov 30, 2018

Petersen regularly arranges for pregnant women to fly from the Marshall Islands to the United States.

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

By Matthew Hendley

Apr 9, 2013

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...

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

By Matthew Hendley

Apr 4, 2013

The Utah/Arizona border towns of Colorado City and Hildale reportedly are swarming with security cameras operated by the polygamist cities' government.Reporters from the Salt Lake Tribune counted 29 cameras across the two towns but then were told there probably were 60 operated by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of...

Tom Horne Ain't Mad About Justice Department Suing Colorado City

By Matthew Hendley

Jun 21, 2012

Believe it or not, an elected official in Arizona is pleased with something the federal government did.Attorney General Tom Horne handed out his thoughts on the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division suing Colorado City -- the town on the Utah/Arizona border that child rapist Warren Jeffs used to call home...

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

By Matthew Hendley

Jun 21, 2012

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 still...

First-Edition Book of Mormon Recovered With Help From Eight Law Enforcement Agencies

By Matthew Hendley

Jun 14, 2012

The theft of a first-edition Book of Mormon, we have discovered, is some serious shit.At least, it was to the eight law enforcement agencies investigating the matter.Jay Linford's been pegged by Mesa police as the guy who lifted the 182-year-old Book of Mormon from the Rare and Out of Print...

First-Edition Book of Mormon Stolen From Mesa Store Recovered in Washington, D.C.; Jay Linford Pegged as Book's Thief

By Matthew Hendley

Jun 13, 2012

It took help from the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI, but a first-edition Book of Mormon stolen from a Mesa bookstore has been located in Washington, D.C.The theft of the book did not make the Mormon community happy, as folks used to stop by Mesa's Rare and Out of...

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

By Matthew Hendley

Jun 7, 2012

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 pay to patrol...

Five Wives Vodka, Banned in Idaho, May Come to Arizona; In the Meantime, Feel Free to Pick Up Five Actual Wives

By Matthew Hendley

May 30, 2012

Ogden's Own Distillery, based in Utah, has been making some big news lately after one of its products -- Five Wives Vodka -- was banned from being sold in Idaho by the state's liquor division.In a letter to the company's distributor in Idaho, the liquor board wrote that its members...

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

By Matthew Hendley

May 4, 2012

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...

Mormon Church: Legalize Undocumented Residents, Forget Mass Expulsion

By Ray Stern

Jun 15, 2011

The Mormon church announced last week that it advocates a type of amnesty for illegal immigrants who "square themselves with the law and continue to work" in the United States. The statement, published on the church's website, also takes aim at harsh anti-illegal-immigrant laws like those passed in Arizona and...

Colorado City Makes Cover of National Geographic; Magazine Portrays FLDS as Over-Sexed Amish-Types

By Ray Stern

Jan 22, 2010

With fewer half-naked aborigines in the world to hang out with, National Geographic decided to spend some time last year with the polygamist clan north of the Grand Canyon. The magazine received "exclusive" access to members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Colorado City, Arizona and...

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County Assessor Indicted for Adoption Fraud Scheme

Bowers Says Planned Parenthood Has 'Business Plan of Hell'

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County Assessor Indicted for Adoption Fraud Scheme

Bowers Says Planned Parenthood Has 'Business Plan of Hell'

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