Suit may destroy UEP Trust of FLDS
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700247076,00.html
Excerpts
The future of the Fundamentalist LDS Church's real-estate holdings arm may hang on a lawsuit filed by a former child bride.
That's what attorneys for the court-controlled United Effort Plan Trust claim in new court papers filed in Salt Lake City's 3rd District Court. In a renewed motion for summary judgment over a multimillion dollar personal injury lawsuit filed by Elissa Wall, lawyers for the UEP Trust fear that if a judge holds the trust liable — it may not survive.
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"Given the large number of Mr. Jeffs' victims, and the serious nature of his crimes, the Trust may well lose all of its assets to tort plaintiffs harmed by Mr. Jeffs — leaving nothing for the numerous innocent beneficiaries who presently reside in houses on Trust property."
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The UEP Trust controls homes, businesses and property in the FLDS strongholds of Hildale, Utah; Colorado City, Ariz.; and Bountiful, British Columbia in Canada. In 2005, a judge took control of the trust and its estimated $110 million assets amid allegations that Jeffs and other FLDS leaders mismanaged it.
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"Exposing the charitable UEP Trust to liability for the unlawful acts of Warren Jeffs would come at a high cost to the men, women and children currently living in homes on trust land who have never endorsed child rape or any other unlawful acts alleged by plaintiff," he wrote.
Wall's attorney, Greg Hoole, said the lawsuit is not about making anybody rich — but holding people accountable.
"Elissa Wall has made it very clear she does not intend to keep any of the money that will likely be awarded to her," he said. "It's essentially about accountability and the trust needs to step up and be held accountable for its role in the abuses that have been perpetuated against children over the past decades in this community."
FLDS parents to take court-ordered classes
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700247079,00.html
Excerpts
Promising to teach tolerance, awareness and respect of others, the court-ordered parenting classes for members of the Fundamentalist LDS Church are scheduled to finally begin later this week.
The Deseret News has obtained a copy of the curriculum of the programs that parents from the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado, Texas will be required to attend as per the agreement of their children being returned to them in June.
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Program One is called "Developing Potential." It's billed as an introductory program to provide a child with "the framework for a life rich in family, friends and personal growth. Teaching children these core strengths will allow children to learn to live and prosper together with people of all kinds."
The other programs scheduled to be taught have titles such as, "Attachment," "Self-Regulation," "Affiliation," "Attunement," "Tolerance" and "Respect." Instructors are given 12 handouts with exercises and a 55-slide PowerPoint presentation to complement the programs.
The descriptions for the various classes say the children will be taught how to "form and maintain healthy emotional bonds with another person," "control primary urges," and become aware and tolerant of different races and cultures.
"With positive modeling, caregivers can insure and build on children's tolerance. The tolerant child is more flexible and adaptive," the curriculum says.
Under the title of "Affiliation," children are taught that the family is the child's most important group. "Most other groups they will join are based on circumstance or common interests," according to the curriculum.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
5 Men Indicted and New Photos
Here are some new photo slideshows of the FLDS:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/07/27/magazine/20080727_FLDS_SLIDESHOW_index.html?scp=2&sq=FLDS&st=cse
5 polygamist sect men arraigned in abuse case
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iIdMpRHjN4hpNKBhfYyAsR4DDo4QD927RT280
click image for bigger version.
Excerpt
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Five followers of jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs were arraigned Tuesday on charges relating to child abuse and ordered to avoid their alleged victims when they post bond.
Raymond Merrill Jessop, 36, Allan Eugene Keate, 56, Michael George Emack, 57, and Merrill Leroy Jessop, 33, are charged with sexual assault of a child. Merrill Leroy Jessop faces an additional charge of bigamy.
Lloyd Hammon Barlow, the 38-year-old physician who lived at the Yearning For Zion Ranch, faces three misdemeanor counts of failure to report child abuse. He posted a $15,000 bond Tuesday, said Tela Mange, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Public Safety.
The other men remained jailed Tuesday evening on bonds of $100,000 for each charge. They were ordered by Justice of the Peace James Doyle to avoid their victims, to stay in Texas and only leave Schleicher County after notifying law enforcement.
The men will enter pleas at a later court hearing.
Prosecutors have refused to provide details on what the men from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are accused of doing, but documents from a separate custody case included a journal entry from Jeffs indicating Raymond Merrill Jessop was married to Jeffs' daughter the day after she turned 15.
The same entry, dated July 2006, said Merrill Leroy Jessop married another sect daughter that day, though it's not clear how old she was.
Jeffs, who was also indicted for sexual assault of a child in Eldorado, is jailed in Arizona awaiting trial on charges related to the marriage of underage girls to older sect members there. He was convicted in Utah last year as an accomplice to rape for marrying a girl to her cousin.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/07/27/magazine/20080727_FLDS_SLIDESHOW_index.html?scp=2&sq=FLDS&st=cse
5 polygamist sect men arraigned in abuse case
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iIdMpRHjN4hpNKBhfYyAsR4DDo4QD927RT280
click image for bigger version.
Excerpt
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Five followers of jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs were arraigned Tuesday on charges relating to child abuse and ordered to avoid their alleged victims when they post bond.
Raymond Merrill Jessop, 36, Allan Eugene Keate, 56, Michael George Emack, 57, and Merrill Leroy Jessop, 33, are charged with sexual assault of a child. Merrill Leroy Jessop faces an additional charge of bigamy.
Lloyd Hammon Barlow, the 38-year-old physician who lived at the Yearning For Zion Ranch, faces three misdemeanor counts of failure to report child abuse. He posted a $15,000 bond Tuesday, said Tela Mange, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Public Safety.
The other men remained jailed Tuesday evening on bonds of $100,000 for each charge. They were ordered by Justice of the Peace James Doyle to avoid their victims, to stay in Texas and only leave Schleicher County after notifying law enforcement.
The men will enter pleas at a later court hearing.
Prosecutors have refused to provide details on what the men from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are accused of doing, but documents from a separate custody case included a journal entry from Jeffs indicating Raymond Merrill Jessop was married to Jeffs' daughter the day after she turned 15.
The same entry, dated July 2006, said Merrill Leroy Jessop married another sect daughter that day, though it's not clear how old she was.
Jeffs, who was also indicted for sexual assault of a child in Eldorado, is jailed in Arizona awaiting trial on charges related to the marriage of underage girls to older sect members there. He was convicted in Utah last year as an accomplice to rape for marrying a girl to her cousin.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Who owns YFZ and more DNA gathered.
2 articles for you today:
Trust serves papers on FLDS ranch
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700242957,00.html
Excerpts
Lawyers for the court-controlled real-estate holdings arm of the Fundamentalist LDS Church have served court papers on the polygamous sect's Texas ranch.
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The request demands "documents and tangible objects addressed to the custodian of records for Bank of America."
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Over the years, lawyers have struggled to get documents about the FLDS Church's management of the trust — claiming that records have disappeared, been destroyed or moved. They had to go to court to see records seized when Jeffs was arrested in 2006 outside Las Vegas, and when his brother was arrested in Colorado.
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In 2005, a Utah court took control of the UEP Trust amid allegations that Jeffs and other FLDS leaders had been mismanaging it. A judge in Salt Lake City's 3rd District Court appointed Wisan as special fiduciary. Since then, he has been trying to enact court-ordered reforms to the UEP, including subdividing property in the FLDS enclaves of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz.
The UEP was founded on the early-Mormon concept of a "united order," where members deeded everything to the church and it was doled out according to just wants and needs. The UEP controls homes, businesses and property in Hildale, Colorado City, and in Bountiful, British Columbia, in Canada.
Texas officials gather more DNA evidence for criminal case against FLDS leader
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21751/warren-jeffs-dna-flds
Excerpts
Texas authorities working to build a criminal case against polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs took a third genetic sample from an FLDS mother and her child on Saturday.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office served a search warrant on Veda Keate, 19, in Converse, Texas, at the apartment where she is living with her 2-year-old daughter, sister and mother. Robert Switzer, a San Antonio defense attorney, arranged for Keate to meet with a nurse and two deputies.
Keate told The Salt Lake Tribune she and her daughter had given two previous DNA samples and she protested having to undergo a third collection. Keate said she asked why the AG’s office could not use samples taken by Texas Child Protective Services.
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Switzer said he and Keate were shown an affidavit that said Texas authorities believe his client’s child was fathered by Jeffs when she was under the legal age of consent - which is 16 for a legal marriage and 17 for sexual contact when there is an age difference of three years or less.
Trust serves papers on FLDS ranch
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700242957,00.html
Excerpts
Lawyers for the court-controlled real-estate holdings arm of the Fundamentalist LDS Church have served court papers on the polygamous sect's Texas ranch.
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The request demands "documents and tangible objects addressed to the custodian of records for Bank of America."
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Over the years, lawyers have struggled to get documents about the FLDS Church's management of the trust — claiming that records have disappeared, been destroyed or moved. They had to go to court to see records seized when Jeffs was arrested in 2006 outside Las Vegas, and when his brother was arrested in Colorado.
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In 2005, a Utah court took control of the UEP Trust amid allegations that Jeffs and other FLDS leaders had been mismanaging it. A judge in Salt Lake City's 3rd District Court appointed Wisan as special fiduciary. Since then, he has been trying to enact court-ordered reforms to the UEP, including subdividing property in the FLDS enclaves of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz.
The UEP was founded on the early-Mormon concept of a "united order," where members deeded everything to the church and it was doled out according to just wants and needs. The UEP controls homes, businesses and property in Hildale, Colorado City, and in Bountiful, British Columbia, in Canada.
Texas officials gather more DNA evidence for criminal case against FLDS leader
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21751/warren-jeffs-dna-flds
Excerpts
Texas authorities working to build a criminal case against polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs took a third genetic sample from an FLDS mother and her child on Saturday.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office served a search warrant on Veda Keate, 19, in Converse, Texas, at the apartment where she is living with her 2-year-old daughter, sister and mother. Robert Switzer, a San Antonio defense attorney, arranged for Keate to meet with a nurse and two deputies.
Keate told The Salt Lake Tribune she and her daughter had given two previous DNA samples and she protested having to undergo a third collection. Keate said she asked why the AG’s office could not use samples taken by Texas Child Protective Services.
[...]
Switzer said he and Keate were shown an affidavit that said Texas authorities believe his client’s child was fathered by Jeffs when she was under the legal age of consent - which is 16 for a legal marriage and 17 for sexual contact when there is an age difference of three years or less.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Zoning Violations Found at Compound
County says FLDS compound violates zoning regulations
http://www.wetmountaintribune.com/home.asp?i=439&p=1
Excerpts
With a search warrant in hand, local authorities accompanied Custer County zoning director Jackie Hobby to the FLDS compound in Bull Domingo last week to check for possible building and zoning violations. The Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints compound was inspected last Thursday, July 3.
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County judge Peter Michaelson signed the warrant. The warrant allowed law enforcement to accompany Hobby, however, it did not give law enforcement authorities permission to search for possible signs of criminal activity.
“Of course,” said Jobe, “had we seen any criminal activity in plain sight we could have taken action. But that was not the case. We saw no criminal activity.”
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Hobby said the current septic system is designed for use by no more than four people in the household and there are more than four people living on site. As a result, the FLDS group has 30 days to show they are moving toward compliance. Compliance, noted Hobby, is an engineer- designed system. As for building without a permit, the group must apply for a zoning permit and they will have to pay three times the regular fee.
http://www.wetmountaintribune.com/home.asp?i=439&p=1
Excerpts
With a search warrant in hand, local authorities accompanied Custer County zoning director Jackie Hobby to the FLDS compound in Bull Domingo last week to check for possible building and zoning violations. The Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints compound was inspected last Thursday, July 3.
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County judge Peter Michaelson signed the warrant. The warrant allowed law enforcement to accompany Hobby, however, it did not give law enforcement authorities permission to search for possible signs of criminal activity.
“Of course,” said Jobe, “had we seen any criminal activity in plain sight we could have taken action. But that was not the case. We saw no criminal activity.”
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Hobby said the current septic system is designed for use by no more than four people in the household and there are more than four people living on site. As a result, the FLDS group has 30 days to show they are moving toward compliance. Compliance, noted Hobby, is an engineer- designed system. As for building without a permit, the group must apply for a zoning permit and they will have to pay three times the regular fee.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
FLDS Sells kidswear on the web
FLDS fashions for kids sold on enterprising Web site
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9737603
ELDORADO, Texas - A new clothing brand may be born out of the Texas raid on a polygamous sect.
FLDS women for the first time are offering their handmade, distinctive style of children's clothes to the public through the Web site fldsdress.com.
Launched initially to provide Texas authorities with clothing for FLDS children in custody, the online store now is aimed at helping their mothers earn a living.
The venture, which has already drawn queries from throughout the U.S., is banking on interest in modest clothes, curiosity and charity to be a success.
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The department took custody of 440 children from the sect's Yearning for Zion Ranch in early April and eventually placed them in shelters throughout Texas, where they were expected to stay for up to a year.
Most children had only a few changes of clothes - long dresses for girls and pants and long-sleeved shirts for boys, covering long underwear.
"Some children had only the shirt on their backs, literally," Jessop said.
By late April, some children had been told to stop using their unique underwear, and clothing was getting mixed up and lost on laundry days. That added to the pressure, Jessop said, to have the children don "gentile" - regular - clothes.
But the mothers resisted.
"We said, 'These are our children and this is the way we've chosen to dress them,'" Jessop said. "No way, no way."
When CPS said there was no place to buy clothing that met the sect's dress code, the mothers had an answer.
"We said, 'Yes you can. You can buy them from us,'" Jessop said.
With their children gone, many mothers had idle hands, empty hours and a need to support themselves.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9737603
ELDORADO, Texas - A new clothing brand may be born out of the Texas raid on a polygamous sect.
FLDS women for the first time are offering their handmade, distinctive style of children's clothes to the public through the Web site fldsdress.com.
Launched initially to provide Texas authorities with clothing for FLDS children in custody, the online store now is aimed at helping their mothers earn a living.The venture, which has already drawn queries from throughout the U.S., is banking on interest in modest clothes, curiosity and charity to be a success.
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The department took custody of 440 children from the sect's Yearning for Zion Ranch in early April and eventually placed them in shelters throughout Texas, where they were expected to stay for up to a year.
Most children had only a few changes of clothes - long dresses for girls and pants and long-sleeved shirts for boys, covering long underwear."Some children had only the shirt on their backs, literally," Jessop said.
By late April, some children had been told to stop using their unique underwear, and clothing was getting mixed up and lost on laundry days. That added to the pressure, Jessop said, to have the children don "gentile" - regular - clothes.
But the mothers resisted.
"We said, 'These are our children and this is the way we've chosen to dress them,'" Jessop said. "No way, no way."
When CPS said there was no place to buy clothing that met the sect's dress code, the mothers had an answer.
"We said, 'Yes you can. You can buy them from us,'" Jessop said.
With their children gone, many mothers had idle hands, empty hours and a need to support themselves.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Polygamous sect leader's daughter wants to ditch her attorney
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9669956
Excerpts
An FLDS teenager is taking a dispute with her attorney public, claiming the attorney is making her life "harder" and asking the lawyer to "please leave me alone."
Teresa Jeffs, 16, a daughter of polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs, gave The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday a copy of an e-mail she sent Natalie Malonis, of Flower Mound, Texas, after seeing news reports about her case. On Friday, Malonis won a court order banning contact between an FLDS spokesman and the girl.
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In a telephone interview, Jeffs said Malonis is "fighting my own father and made it so I can't write to him." She has visited her father once since his arrest and incarceration in 2006.
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Malonis, whorepresents two other FLDS children, defended her actions on behalf of Jeffs and said she believes the teenager is being pressured by the sect.
"There is no question I am absolutely looking out for her," Malonis said. "What's happening is really a shame because people who purport to care about her are really doing her a disservice."
Malonis said she just wants Jeffs to be free of any outside influence and make her own decisions. "Right now, that's not happening," the attorney said.
In court papers filed Friday, Malonis alleged that Jeffs' push for a new attorney was due to coercion from FLDS spokesman Willie Jessop and asked 51st District Judge Barbara Walther to bar them from having contact. Walther temporarily ordered Annette Jeffs, the girl's mother, to keep her from Jessop and set a court hearing in the matter for Tuesday in San Angelo.
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She denied that anyone was influencing her desire for a new attorney, telling Malonis that "you need to realize that I have a mind of my own and I can do things on my own if I choose to."
Writing to the judge was "my own dear choice," she said in her e-mail. "Quit blaming it all on someone else when you have absolutely no proof. No one can change my mind, not even Willie!"
Excerpts
An FLDS teenager is taking a dispute with her attorney public, claiming the attorney is making her life "harder" and asking the lawyer to "please leave me alone."
Teresa Jeffs, 16, a daughter of polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs, gave The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday a copy of an e-mail she sent Natalie Malonis, of Flower Mound, Texas, after seeing news reports about her case. On Friday, Malonis won a court order banning contact between an FLDS spokesman and the girl.
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In a telephone interview, Jeffs said Malonis is "fighting my own father and made it so I can't write to him." She has visited her father once since his arrest and incarceration in 2006.
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Malonis, whorepresents two other FLDS children, defended her actions on behalf of Jeffs and said she believes the teenager is being pressured by the sect.
"There is no question I am absolutely looking out for her," Malonis said. "What's happening is really a shame because people who purport to care about her are really doing her a disservice."
Malonis said she just wants Jeffs to be free of any outside influence and make her own decisions. "Right now, that's not happening," the attorney said.
In court papers filed Friday, Malonis alleged that Jeffs' push for a new attorney was due to coercion from FLDS spokesman Willie Jessop and asked 51st District Judge Barbara Walther to bar them from having contact. Walther temporarily ordered Annette Jeffs, the girl's mother, to keep her from Jessop and set a court hearing in the matter for Tuesday in San Angelo.
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She denied that anyone was influencing her desire for a new attorney, telling Malonis that "you need to realize that I have a mind of my own and I can do things on my own if I choose to."
Writing to the judge was "my own dear choice," she said in her e-mail. "Quit blaming it all on someone else when you have absolutely no proof. No one can change my mind, not even Willie!"
Thursday, June 12, 2008
States meet, Intimidating FLDS members, & FLDS family keeps state away
Law enforcement from several states meet to discuss polygamy http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700233862,00.html
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LAS VEGAS — Top law enforcement from Utah, Arizona, Nevada and Texas have gathered here for a closed-door summit on polygamy-related crimes.
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The group is meeting to map out a plan to go after crimes connected with polygamy. It is the first time they have met since the U.S. Justice Department appointed a senior level prosecutor to assist. The meeting came out of a very public spat between Shurtleff, Goddard and U.S. Senator Harry Reid, who accused Utah and Arizona of "doing nothing" about polygamy.
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said the summit is a good way for all the states to get on the same page.
"We're just here to talk about issues we have in common," she told the Deseret News.
Law enforcement has refused to say what.
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Beyond the marriages, authorities have conducted probes into financial crimes and child abuse. Shurtleff and Goddard have sought a federal task force to push those investigations forward.
Tolman told the Deseret News that Wednesday's summit was not a "task force meeting" that Reid had envisioned, but an opportunity to share information between multiple agencies.
Washington County sends dossiers of select FLDS members to Texas officials http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700233581,00.html
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The Washington (Utah) County Sheriff's Office sent Texas authorities dossiers of several FLDS members "who may engage in acts of intimidation or violence again law enforcement and/or potential witnesses."
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LAS VEGAS — Top law enforcement from Utah, Arizona, Nevada and Texas have gathered here for a closed-door summit on polygamy-related crimes.
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The group is meeting to map out a plan to go after crimes connected with polygamy. It is the first time they have met since the U.S. Justice Department appointed a senior level prosecutor to assist. The meeting came out of a very public spat between Shurtleff, Goddard and U.S. Senator Harry Reid, who accused Utah and Arizona of "doing nothing" about polygamy.
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said the summit is a good way for all the states to get on the same page.
"We're just here to talk about issues we have in common," she told the Deseret News.
Law enforcement has refused to say what.
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Beyond the marriages, authorities have conducted probes into financial crimes and child abuse. Shurtleff and Goddard have sought a federal task force to push those investigations forward.
Tolman told the Deseret News that Wednesday's summit was not a "task force meeting" that Reid had envisioned, but an opportunity to share information between multiple agencies.
Washington County sends dossiers of select FLDS members to Texas officials http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700233581,00.html
Excerpts
The Washington (Utah) County Sheriff's Office sent Texas authorities dossiers of several FLDS members "who may engage in acts of intimidation or violence again law enforcement and/or potential witnesses."
William Roy Jessop
- AKA "Willie the Thug" or "King Willie"
- The most serious threat affiliated with the FLDS religion.
- Reportedly has a passion for violence, weapons (legal and illegal) and explosives.• Accused of intimidating witnesses at Warren Jeffs' trial in 2007.
- "If anything remotely resembling violence or intimidation occurs, you can be fairly certain that William had a hand in it."
- Has acted as a spokesman for the FLDS Church after the raid on the YFZ Ranch.• Lives in Hildale, Utah.
Ruth Cooke 
- A "wild card" who is "blindly devoted to Warren and the FLDS religion."
- "We reviewed countless letters she had sent to Warren that confirmed her unstable behavior, as she talked of disturbing visions she had received and breaking down the prison walls in the name of the prophet."
- "She is just the kind of person who may be capable of doing something crazy, but justified in her head."
Lindsay Hammon Barlow 
- Several witnesses describe him as Warren Jeffs' "muscle."
- Barlow was "clearly in charge of the group's security."
- During Warren Jeffs' trial, Barlow "attempted to seat individuals who could intimidate the witnesses in their direct line of sight."
- Lives in Hildale, Utah.
William E. Jessop 
- "Respected as a bishop in the FLDS religion."
- "He is a very powerful man in the community, but I have never received any information that would indicate that he is involved in anything of a violent nature."
- "Could be involved in the decision-making processes due to his position of power."
- Lives in Hildale, Utah.
Lyle Steed Jeffs 
- Brother to FLDS leader Warren Jeffs.
- Acted as wedding security during illegal marriages conducted in Nevada.
- "Minimal information to suggest that Lyle would be considered a threat to commit acts of violence or witness intimidation."
David S. Allred 
- Involved in the financial areas of the FLDS Church.
- "Fairly high in the FLDS pecking order."
- "I do not have any specific information that would label David as a threat, nor do I have any that would discount him as a threat."
Nephi Steed Jeffs 
- Brother and personal assistant to FLDS leader Warren Jeffs.
- "To the best of my knowledge, he is not involved in any FLDS security and has no known history of violence or intimidation."
Wendell Loy Nielson
- One of the presiding elders in the FLDS religion.
- "He is not likely at this time to be involved directly in any acts of violence or intimidation, but may still be involved in their development, planning and approval stages."
Rodney Hans Holm
- Convicted of unlawful sex with a minor in Utah in 2006
- "Known to have significant disdain for law enforcement."
- "Rodney also was under the close watch of our court security staff during the trial, as he appeared at times to be attempting to intimidate witnesses from his seat."
Rulon Daniel Barlow 
- "Rulon seemed to be extremely focused on the routines of our court staff and repeatedly seemed to be staring down the prosecuting attorneys and their witnesses."
Dee Yeates Jessop
- "Appears to be another intimidating enforcer for the FLDS religion."
- Was more interested in intimidating witnesses with "menacing" stares during Warren Jeffs' trial than the trial itself.
- He has been described as a fanatic, who is blindly devoted to Warren Jeffs."
Samuel Rapylee Bateman
- "Showed an unnatural interest in the security procedures and routines of our staff during the trial."
Donovan J. Stubbs
- "Seemed to be taking mental notes of the security staff present."
- "Donovan carried himself well and seemed to be respected by the other members of the FLDS group. When he spoke, others listened."
Guy Curtis Bauer
- "Seemed to "make it a point to be noticed by the prosecution's victim and witnesses whenever possible."
- "Seemed to be there for the purpose of intimidation.
Guy E. Nielson 
- "Appeared to make several discreet attempts at intimidating the victim and members of her (Alissa Wall's) family."
Nathan Mead Jessop 
- "Multiple witnesses confirm Nathan Jessop is a member of the FLDS security team."
- One of three men who came to a woman's home and informed her she was no longer a worthy member of the community, a task generally reserved for Warren Jeffs' security staff.
FLDS couple granted an order to keep state away
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/5828409.html
Excerpt
A couple from a polygamist West Texas sect won a small victory Monday, even as their custody hearing was put on hold.
Judge Martha Tanner of the 166th District Court granted Lori and Joseph Jessop Sr. a temporary restraining order against the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, along with the temporary custody they had already gained of their three children.
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