FLDS compound in Texas Court proceedings ONLY please!!!!!

[mollymalone]

http://nvpolygamy.wordpress.com/cate...w-enforcement/

The Bench Trial of Randy Barlow set for Feb. 27th was dismissed after the victim refused to testify.

Charges against Randolph Barlow were dismissed when the witness refused to take the stand for the second time.Candi Shapley had words with County Attorney Matt Smith outside the courtroom before the trial. She refused to testify. Smith said he could not make his case without Shapley’s cooperation telling the judge, “I am absolutely convinced that she will not testify… She is adamant that she is not going to answer questions.” Shapley was held in contempt when she did not testify at the last hearing. For two weeks she was confined to a shelter for battered and abused women. Smith said he would not seek contempt charges against her again.

 

[mollymalone]

http://nvpolygamy.wordpress.com/category/law-enforcement/

The United States Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of Rodney Holm, a former Hildale police officer convicted of taking a child bride.

The justices declined, without comment, to review the appeal of his conviction of bigamy and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

 

[mollymalone]

http://nvpolygamy.wordpress.com/category/law-enforcement/
October 25, 2006
A Jury found David Bateman guilty of Sexual Conduct with a Minor and Conspiracy to Commit Sexual Conduct with a Minor, both class 6 felonies. Sentencing has been set in Judge Chavez’s Court for November 29, 2006, at 2:00 p.m.

Mr. Bateman could receive from 4 months up to 2 years in prison or probation with no jail to 1 year straight time in Jail.

 

[mollymalone]

http://nvpolygamy.wordpress.com/category/law-enforcement/

When I posed the question as to whether we could decertify the entire department I was told Arizona can only decertify one officer at a time. There are plenty more to take their place.

When you realize that this department has access to the same supposed secure and confidential information as any other professional law enforcement agency it is frightening. Their department has even been awarded homeland security grants for equipment such as satellite phones. Combine these with high tech weapons and you start to understand the tremendous and frightening power that is exerted over the people of Colorado City, especially women and children.
It’s time for the Federal government to pull their heads out of the sand, quit sitting on their hands and start processing the RICO Act against the FLDS organization.”

 

[mollymalone]

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660200030,00.html
Warren Jeffs and other top leaders in the FLDS have been ordered to pay $8. million in a lawsuit accusing them of fleecing the church’s financial empire.

A judge in Salt Lake City's 3rd District Court on Thursday ordered Jeffs and other trustees of the UEP to pay up after they failed to respond to a lawsuit Wisan filed, alleging the original UEP trustees misappropriated property, engaged in misconduct and tried to interfere with his job. In 2005, the courts took control of the UEP Trust amid allegations that Jeffs and others had been fleecing it. Judge Denise Lindberg recently reformed the trust and allowed Wisan to collect damages for attorney's fees, fiduciary fees, loss of property and equipment that disappeared in the polygamous border towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz.

The UEP Trust is land rich but cash poor. Its assets, estimated at about $110 million, are mostly tied up in land. Whatever cash the UEP had has disappeared, and so have the trustees. "Assets have been shifted.

 

[mollymalone]

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:392313
Yet another relative of the fugitive polygamist "prophet" Warren Jeffs – head of the Mormon off-shoot sect, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – has been jailed for contempt of court in connection with the federal grand jury investigation of the FLDS, reports the Salt Lake Tribune.

"Benjamin Jeffs Nielsen, 25, Jeffs' nephew, was booked into a federal detention center in Arizona last month, the daily reports – he joins five others, including Jeffs' older brother Leroy, each of whom have refused to testify as part of the ongoing grand jury probe.
Until recently, the Tribune reports, Nielsen was living on FLDS property in Mancos, Colo., serving as "caretaker" for properties that, on paper at least, are owned by David Steed Allred – a high-ranking FLDS member"

 

[mollymalone]

http://www.custercountynews.com/index.php?category=1&article=755&issue_id=48

Barlow, who was one of eight men prosecuted two years ago in Arizona for having fathered a child with an underage girl, is living in Arizona. He pleaded no contest to conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with that minor and a second charge was dropped. He cannot leave the state without permission

 

[mollymalone]

In South Dakota, the legal age to marry is 18. If the person is between 16 and 18, they need a notarized statement of consent to marry from a parent or legal guardian. This must be presented to the county register of deeds when they apply for a marriage license. Custer County register of deeds office has had no such application in the last five years. A person younger than 16 is not allowed to marry, even with parents’ consent.

 

[mollymalone]

http://blogs.sltrib.com/plurallife/labels/Rodney Holm.htm

Extortion plot and blackmail attempt between FLDS members
in the Ruth Stubbs - vs Rodney Holmes case.

 

[mollymalone]

http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy126.html
Colorado City police officer Rodney Holm was convicted on August 14 of three felony counts of bigamy and sexual misconduct with a minor in nearby St. George, Utah.

"Ruth appeared to be sticking to her commitment to help Holm stay out of jail. She failed to appear for Holm's preliminary hearing last December -- which led to the dismissal of a bigamy charge the state had filed against her sister, Suzie, for pressuring Ruth to marry Holm. Her absence also prevented Utah authorities from obtaining sworn testimony they planned to use to file a felony charge against Warren Jeffs for conducting her spiritual marriage ceremony. That charge can no longer be filed because the statute of limitations has expired on the commission of the alleged crime.

"FLDS elders were pressuring her not to cooperate. But she did appear, and the chamber was packed to overflow capacity in Utah Fifth Judicial Judge G. Rand Beachum's court. Many of the seats were occupied by stern-faced FLDS members -- in an obvious message to the jury, and to Ruth Stubbs. FLDS women -- wearing dowdy clothes, no makeup and their hair pulled back in tight braids -- sat next to their husbands. During breaks in the proceedings, the men directed the females around the courthouse complex with mere nods and flicks of their fingers. But the FLDS' hope that Ruth would fall into line like any loyal fundamentalist wife, taught to obey men without question, was dashed when Ruth walked into the courtroom. She had tossed aside any remnant of the strict FLDS dress code, and strutted to the witness stand wearing a tight, white-knit blouse and clingy blue jeans.

The state's ploy was to establish that Ruth had been victimized by a man twice her age intent on stealing her virginity. And her mostly yes-and-no answers, coupled with her lack of education and young-girl demeanor, were enough to convict Holm of bigamy and the two counts of sexual misconduct charges leveled against him. Each of the three counts is punishable by up to five years in prison.

 

[mollymalone]

Rodney Holm's conviction has put the spotlight on whether disciplinary action should be taken against other members of the nine-man Colorado City police department for ignoring Holm's sexual relationship with a minor.

"the department has already lost its right to perform law enforcement duties in the state because members failed to keep up with continuing education requirements. Groll said he will now ask the Utah Attorney General's Office whether a formal investigation should be launched against the department."

"Because of his felony convictions, Holm obviously is unlikely ever to regain his peace-officer certification, but Shurtleff said, "The rest of [the members of the police department also] ought to be done, decertified."

"Arizona law enforcement certification officials are waiting to see what action Utah takes against the Colorado City department. If Utah permanently revokes officer certification for the department's failure to protect Ruth Stubbs, Arizona may also take action, said Arizona POST director Tom Hammerstrom."

 

[mollymalone]

http://www.cwfa.org/articles/7448/LEGAL/family/index.htm

Police arrested Holm on charges of bigamy and sex with a minor to whom he was not legally married. The arrest followed his admission in a custody lawsuit that, at age 32, he impregnated 16-year-old Ruth Stubbs, his common-law “spiritual wife,” who is the younger sister of Holm’s first and only lawful wife, Suzie Stubbs Holm. Besides the legal marriage to Suzie and the “spiritual marriage” to Ruth, Holm had another common-law “spiritual wife.” He has 21 children by the three women.

In a notarized affidavit filed in the custody case, Ruth said: “At the age of 16, I was pressured to marry Rodney H. Holm, under the rule of the [FLDS] church. Since that time, I have lived in a controlling and abusive environment common in the community. The ‘sister-wives’ were physically and emotionally abusive to both myself and my children. I have scars on my face from one beating. Children were beaten and locked in rooms. On several occasions, younger children would be smothered by one of the mothers until they choked or gasped for air. …I was required to work and leave my children with the other 18 in the care of the other two mothers.”

In August 2003, a jury convicted Holm on all charges. The judge sentenced him to up to five years in the Utah State Prison on each of the three counts, to be served concurrently. But he allowed Holm to serve three years’ probation and one year of incarceration in Purgatory Correctional Facility, with daily travel to his job—he has been reassigned to the public works department—under a work release program.

In January 2004 the Utah Supreme Court denied Holm’s request that he be released from jail pending the appeal. By mid-2004, Holm had completed his prison sentence.

 

[mollymalone]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-polygamyenclave-12may1206,1,5037331,full.story
Jim McGhee, attorney for Dan Barlow Jr., was stunned by his client's 13-day sentence. "I saw it as a victory, but the fact that he spent 13 days in jail for molesting five daughters is pretty amazing," he said. "The fact that the judge went along with it is one of the most surprising things."

Mohave County Superior Court Judge Richard Weiss, who presided over the case, said it was really just "a little bit of breast touching."

"If the county attorney had brought in a sociologist who said this was a big issue up there, it may have made a difference," he said. "The lesson for me is I only see the tip of the iceberg here."

 

[mollymalone]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-polygamyenclave-12may1206,1,5037331,full.story

"In another case, Weiss sentenced Joshua Johnson of Colorado City to 120 days in jail for molesting a 4-year-old girl. Johnson did 30 days behind bars and the rest on electronic monitoring.

The case came to light only after the girl's father beat Johnson with a club at a restaurant. He did it, he told Weiss, to keep the matter from "being swept under the rug." Earlier, an FLDS-run clinic had claimed his daughter's injuries came from a playground accident.
Weiss sentenced the vengeful father to 120 days as well.

During the father's sentencing proceedings, Judge Weiss was told that Johnson may have molested the man's daughter more times than he admitted in court.

 

[mollymalone]

http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy126.html
Utah birth certificates show that Jeffs, 47, conceived children with at least two girls under the age of 18 -- making him vulnerable to felony sexual-misconduct-with-a-minor charges.

 

[mollymalone]

http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19444/warren-jeffs-67The polygamous sect leader is still facing criminal charges in Arizona, and a federal grand jury in Utah has indicted him on a charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, stemming from his time on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.

In Arizona, Jeffs is facing charges of sexual conduct with a minor, conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor, sexual conduct with a minor as an accomplice, and incest as an accomplice. The indictments accuse Jeffs of performing more child-bride marriages. At least one of Mohave County’s cases against Jeffs has been on shaky ground since one alleged child bride refused to testify against her former husband. It led to the dismissal of criminal charges against him. However, Engels said he is confident in the investigations. “Our cases are a little different,” he said, declining to elaborate

IMeanwhile, more criminal cases could be stacking up against the FLDS leader. The Utah Attorney General’s Office has been investigating Jeffs and the FLDS Church for financial crimes related to the UEP Trust. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has told the Deseret Morning News he would like to see the evidence seized by the FBI as part of an organized crime probe.

n Arizona, Jeffs could make bail but is not expected to get out of jail anytime soon. “We do have a detainer based on our federal indictment,” said Melodie Rydalch, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney for Utah.Jeffs, 51, is facing a charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. If convicted on that charge, he faces up to five years in federal prison.“We’re working on the evidence that we have,” Rydalch said.

 

[mollymalone]

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1665547,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics
"After two and a half days of deliberation and the replacement of one juror, they found that Jeffs did "intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly solicit, request, command or encourage" a 19-year-old follower to rape his 14-year-old bride at least twice. Jeffs will now face from five years to life in prison on both counts."

"She had flirted and enticed her husband, Bugden said. It was an old, familiar tactic in rape cases. But prosecutor Brock Belnap won the day by arguing that what Jeffs did by urging the two to "go forth and multiply" was no different from sacrificing a young virgin for the harvest — a religious belief, but a criminal act. "This trial has not been about religion and a vendetta," Walls said on the courthouse steps after the verdict. "It is simply about child abuse."

"

 

[mollymalone]

Two of Tom Green's wives were from Colorado City, AZ.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/07/polygamist.ap/index.html
A Utah polygamist was released from prison Tuesday after serving six years on a child rape conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl who is now his only legal wife.

"Green, 59, was convicted in 2001 of child rape for having sex in 1986 with Linda Kuhn, who was 13 at the time and became his first wife.

Green was also convicted of bigamy, a charge resulting, in part, from several appearances he made on TV talk shows promoting polygamy. Green claimed four other wives whom he married in religious ceremonies. He was also convicted of criminal nonsupport for getting thousands of dollars in state welfare payments to support his many children.

He was sentenced to 5 years to life in prison. Among the conditions for his release are that Green complete counseling and register as a sex offender."

 

[mollymalone]

http://www.courttv.com/trials/jeffs/092607_steeds_ctv.html

A day after polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs was convicted of rape as an accomplice for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her older cousin and have sex with him, the woman's ex-husband has been charged with rape. Allen Steed, 26, was charged with one count of rape in Washington County, Utah, for having sex with Elissa Wall after their arranged wedding in 2001.

Steed, a truck driver who has not remarried since Wall left the FLDS community in 2004 with another man, testified for the defense that he never raped his wife. He claimed that his wife initiated their first sexual encounter, and that the use of force is forbidden in the FLDS. The rape charge carries a sentence of five years to life. Speaking after the verdict Tuesday, jurors said that Steed's credibility was compromised by discrepancies in testimony.

 

[mollymalone]

http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy750.htm
former teen bride wants to expand her lawsuit against polygamous leader Warren S. Jeffs and his sect's communal property trust for her unlawful marriage and subsequent rape.

In an amended complaint filed Monday in 3rd District Court, Elissa Wall alleges that Jeffs, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, trustees and participants in its United Effort Plan Trust all knew about such illegal marriages but did nothing to stop them. As part of a "calculated plan," Wall said Allen Steed, her former husband, was able to sexually abuse her.

Wall, who is seeking unspecified damages, initially filed the lawsuit under the pseudonym "M.J." in Iron County. It was transferred to Salt Lake City last month. An early effort to settle the lawsuit failed. In her settlement offer, Wall sought property and $1 million to set up a fund for those leaving the sect. Wall argues that the church and trust are inseparable and the trust existed only to advance the church's goals, which have long supported underage and arranged marriages. Sect members knew such marriages occurred and backed them by upholding a revision of the trust in 1998 during a general church meeting, her claim states.

Wisan said if she succeeds, Wall will decimate the trust and pave the way for other teen brides to make similar claims.