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The leader of a polygamous sect was indicted on charges that he arranged a marriage between a 16-year-old girl and a man who was already married, prosecutors said Friday.
Warren Jeffs, president of the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was charged with sexual conduct with a minor and conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor.
Jeffs, 49, didn't have sex with the teenager but arranged her marriage to a 28-year-old married man, said Mohave County Attorney Matthew Smith.
"He can't marry someone else," Smith said.
The 28-year-old man, whose identity won't be released until the indictment is delivered to him, was charged with two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual conduct with a minor.
If convicted, Jeffs would face a jail sentence ranging from four months to two years.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/inde...dnews/2005/06/11/build/nation/94-polygomy.inc
Warren Jeffs, president of the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was charged with sexual conduct with a minor and conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor.
Jeffs, 49, didn't have sex with the teenager but arranged her marriage to a 28-year-old married man, said Mohave County Attorney Matthew Smith.
"He can't marry someone else," Smith said.
The 28-year-old man, whose identity won't be released until the indictment is delivered to him, was charged with two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual conduct with a minor.
If convicted, Jeffs would face a jail sentence ranging from four months to two years.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/inde...dnews/2005/06/11/build/nation/94-polygomy.inc