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Former polygamous leader says probation conditions too strict

A former leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saintssentenced to probation on bigamy charges may yet take back his plea and go to trial.

Wendell Nielsen says a judge departed from the bargain he had struck with prosecutors and imposed stricter probation conditions.

Imprisoned cult leader comes up with new doomsday revelations

Imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has released a series of so-called revelations in which he says a succession of natural disasters will strike the U.S.

In one of the five separate “revelations,” Jeffs writes that Jesus Christ will make his coming known with a “great tsunami of the sea” on the East Coast; earthquakes and volcanoes in “populated places” in Utah and Arizona; a tidal wave in Seattle; and melting in Idaho “to cleanse my land of all evil.”

Utah drops case against FLDS cult sect leader Warren Jeffs

Utah prosecutors dropped charges Wednesday against FLDS sect leader Warren Jeffs, who is serving a life sentence in Texas in a separate case.

“As a result of the conviction in Texas, we decided not to bring him back to Utah for a re-trial,” said Brian Filter, senior deputy attorney for Washington County.

Ex-FLDS bishop gets maximum sentence for marrying 12-year old to cult leader

The former bishop of a polygamy-sanctioning sect received the maximum sentence of 10 years and a $10,000 fine late Tuesday afternoon for conducting a marriage ceremony between a 12-year-old girl and the then-50-year-old sect leader, Warren Jeffs.

jurors took just under an hour to deliberate on the sentence of Fredrick Merril Jessop

Former FLDS bishop goes on trial over Warren Jeffs wedding to minor

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Fredrick Merril Jessop, a former bishop of a polygamist FLDS sect. Jessop is accused of officiating at the marriage of an underage girl to the sect’s leader, Warren Jeffs, who has since been sentenced to life in prison

Former FLDS President avoids prison

The former president of a polygamous sect pleaded no contest to three counts of third-degree bigamy this week and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

Wendell Loy Nielsen, who was once president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, had been indicted after a raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch in April 2008.

Former FLDS sect leader Wendell Nielsen challenges Texas bigamy law

A former polygamous sect leader facing bigamy charges in Texas is challenging that state’s bigamy law as unconstitutional.

In newly filed court documents in Schleicher County, Nielsen’s attorneys argue that the law unfairly targets groups with a religious belief in plural marriage.

Warren Jeffs is returned to prison after treatment

Warren Jeffs, the leader of the polygamist FLDS, sect has recovered from illnesses that sent him hopping to prison units and hospitals around Texas.

Because of fasts and other unspecified medical conditions, Jeffs needed medical treatment shortly after he was sentenced in early August to life plus 20 years in prison.

FLDS member still fighting Texas search warrant

A polygamous sect man convicted of sexual assault isn’t giving up his fight against the search warrant that led to a massive raid on the sect’s remote Texas ranch.

Attorneys for Michael Emack filed a motion for rehearing in the Texas Third Court of Appeals this week.

Police help plural wife of Warren Jeffs flee polygamous community

One of the wives of imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has left him and the FLDS Church and is being sheltered by law enforcement

The Washington County, Utah Attorney is looking into allegations that the 25-year-old woman was held against her will and even drugged.

Now that the polygamist FLDS sect’s leader and prophet Warren Jeffs has been jailed for life plus 20 years, cracks may be showing in the group’s armor.

But life in the polygamist town of Colorado City hasn’t become any easier.

FLDS: Deals possible in 2 men’s cases

Polygamist sect members accused of child sexual assault and bigamy are looking at resolutions to their cases outside jury trials.

The resolutions could include plea deals.

Warrant issued for former Warren Jeffs bodyguard

A 5th District Court judge authorized a warrant Wednesday for the arrest of William R. Jessop, who once worked as bodyguard for jailed cult leader Warren Jeffs.

Jessops is believed to be in Switzerland.

Polygamist communities sent teens to work long hours for low pay

A polygamous sect in Bountiful, B.C. under scrutiny for its treatment of women has used its young men and women as a cheap source of labour, according to court documents and a former church member.

Dozens of young people – some from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints sect in Bountiful but others from the United States – were sent to Sundre, Alta. to work for a post, timber and logging operation.

Cult leader Warren Jeffs out of hospital, heads to another prison

Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was en route to a Texas state prison Tuesday night following his discharge from a hospital at another prison where he was treated after becoming sick while fasting, a state official said.

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