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http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/apr/17/live-from-the-courthouse-updates-ON-FLDS-CUSTODY/
:25 p.m. - A child's attorney asks the testifying CPS supervisor whether any of the children had broken bones, injuries or malnutrition that showed up in medical examinations. "There were some suspected broken bones," the CPS supervisor said.

Can you identify any households in which a child was caused serious injury or death? the attorney says. Yes, the CPS supervisor says.
 
http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy802.html

The first man arrested at the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado is the oldest son of FLDS leader Warren S. Jeffs, according to former members of the sect.

On Monday, law officers arrested Levi Barlow Jeffs, 19, for interfering with the duties of a public servant, a class B misdemeanor. He was booked into jail but was released after posting bail.

A second man was arrested at the YFZ Ranch Monday night and booked him into the Schleicher County Jail. Leroy Johnson Steed, 41, was arrested for tampering with physical evidence. He is to be arraigned today.
 
Wow. just wow, Molly. your collection of d*mning facts about the Flds- Court Hearings & Convictions is outstanding!

thank you for your sleuthing. :clap: :clap: :clap:
 
http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy763.html

Lawsuits dominate the 300-plus page report. The UEP Trust is being sued by Elissa Wall, the child bride who was the star witness in the criminal case against Warren Jeffs. There is also litigation over property in an FLDS enclave in Canada, against Hildale and Colorado City over subdividing property, and a lawsuit over a modular home.

Wisan said he has been able to collect on part of one lawsuit he won against the suspended trustees of the UEP, including an Iron County dairy farm linked to the FLDS Church. "The Fiduciary does not believe that it is in the best interests of the Trust to own and operate the Harker Companies over the long term," Wisan wrote, adding that he planned to eventually sell the dairy.

Some lawsuits have been settled, including a lawsuit filed against the UEP Trust by the so-called "Lost Boys," teens ousted from the polygamous communities. Wisan has also managed to get some of the tape recordings of Jeffs' jailhouse conversations, after another legal battle.
 
http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy754.html

Arizona authorities have settled a lawsuit against a pair of Colorado City businesses accused of discriminating against people who are not members of the Fundamentalist LDS Church. The Arizona Attorney General's Office announced Monday that a settlement had been reached with the Vermillion Candy Shoppe and Big Dan's Drive Thru. Under the terms of the settlement, both businesses do not admit any wrongdoing, but a pair of judges are requiring them to:

Refrain from discriminating against anyone who does not belong to the FLDS faith or is considered an "apostate." Adopt a non-discrimination policy that will be provided to all present and future employees. Have employees attend training on non-discrimination policies and Arizona's Civil Rights Act.
Submit reports to Arizona authorities for five years on any policy violations and refusal to serve or admit anyone to the restaurants.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Vermillion Candy Shoppe and Big Dan's Drive Thru earlier this year after ex-FLDS members Isaac Wyler, Andrew Chatwin and his wife, Michelle Chatwin, were refused service. Other ex-FLDS members also reported being denied service.
 
Floh said:
Wow. just wow, Molly. your collection of d*mning facts about the Flds- Court Hearings & Convictions is outstanding!

thank you for your sleuthing. :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Thanks! I know we've all been hearing about a lot of different types of court hearings concerning the FLDS but they tend to get lost among all the information about the FLDS on the internet. There really is an impact when they're together and one can see that there have been other convictions, even if they were light sentences.
 
http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy751.html

"Judge has granted sole interim custody and guardianship to an Idaho mother of three who fled the children's fundamentalist Mormon father in B.C. Teressa Blackmore, who recently testified against polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, took the children to Idaho.

Her husband, Joseph Roy Blackmore, filed suit and claimed that the church issue was a red herring to justify wrongful conduct and sought to have the children returned to him.

But B.C. Supreme Court Justice Thomas Melnick found that the religious issue was not irrelevant.The judge noted that if the kids were to be raised by the dad, they would be raised within the church and their mother, having left the church, would discourage such involvement. Then he added: "Suffice it to say that, whatever Mr. Blackmore may argue about the FLDS Church being irrelevant to this application, it is an elephant in the corner of the room of this proceeding that inevitably casts a shadow over it." The judge said he accepted the mother's evidence that her decision to leave the church would result in herself and her kids facing ostracism within the church community, which may have a negative impact on the children. "Maximum contact with both parents is inconsistent with the best interests of the children in this case."
 
http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy737.html

A Utah judge has threatened attorneys with contempt of court for making unwanted calls to jurors in the trial of polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs. Fifth District Judge James L. Shumate's order says he "has been made aware of persons making unwanted, and, in some cases, harassing attempts to contact jurors in this case and members of their families."

David Finch, who served as jury foreman, was one of several jurors who received unwanted calls from a private investigator hired by Jeffs' attorneys.
"What he was trying to do was get something that would impeach the jurors so they could file an appeal," Finch said. "A couple of us called the judge and told him we were having a problem with that."
 
mollymalone said:
Thanks! I know we've all been hearing about a lot of different types of court hearings concerning the FLDS but they tend to get lost among all the information about the FLDS on the internet. There really is an impact when they're together and one can see that there have been other convictions, even if they were light sentences.
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And some of those light sentences are appalling in their mockery at what sentences they deserved to get, IMO. :furious:
 
Allen Steed turned himself in to an FLDS town marshal, Hareman Barlow to be arrested on rape charges stemming from the Warren Jeffs trial. His $5,000 bail money was pre-paid before he ever got to the jail to be booked

http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy733.html
Sources close to the case say these oddities seem to show that Warren Jeffs is still pulling all the strings: Barlow could have picked up Steed immediately after the judge signed the warrant. He did not. Instead, Barlow waited two weeks until Steed's attorney convinced a judge to drastically reduce his bail from $50,000 to $5,000. Barlow not only drove Steed to the Purgatory Jail (a 30 minute trip) but also drove him home at 3:00 a.m. after he was booked and released.

Sources don't believe that Steed or his immediate family have the financial resources to come up with the $5,000 cash – let alone pay for his Salt Lake City-based defense team. They say the money has to be coming from Jeffs through his lieutenants.
 
JNJ Engineering over 4 years was awarded upwards of $11 million dollars in contracts with Clark County, the city and the water district. Despite not having any kind of license (required by law) for spraying herbicides or pesticides, or any background in wetlands work, JNJ Engineering landed a contract with Clark County much to their detriment, losing $500,000 to shoddy work.

http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy721.html
It appears Clark County is preparing to go to court against JNJ.
In Arizona, the company is under investigation by the Department of Labor for using minors on job sites.

One of the most recent contracts awarded to JNJ for restoring habitat at Clark County's Wetlands Park area. JNJ was to remove invasive tamarisk
trees and replace them with native trees and shrubs in what is an ecologically fragile park on the east side of the valley. However, instead of improving habitat, the county says JNJ killed hundreds of expensive trees that were raised just for this project. One estimate of the damage is more than $500,000. Inspectors say they often found JNJ employees sleeping in the bushes or in their trucks, driving vehicles that leaked oil onto the wetlands, pruning trees down to stumps. The most persistent problem was the application of an herbicide named Garlon. County inspectors repeatedly warned JHJ to stop spraying Garlon when temperatures exceed 80 degrees. They did it anyway, the county says, again and again. Now hundreds of trees and shrubs have been tagged for removal because they're dead or dying. An arborist hired by the county described the damage as egregious and incalculable.

Inspectors repeatedly complained about leaking irrigation pipes installed by JNJ. Jessop alleges his pipes were sabotaged by county workers. JNJ even called Metro to report it. The county responded by barring some of JNJ's employees from the site and discovered some used phony names.
 
Previously a federal district court judge threw out Fischer's suit. The ruling stated there was not enough evidence to show he was fired. The judge also refused to allow taped phone conversations Fischer had with company officials, finding they were hearsay.

AN APPEAL
http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy686.html
On Wednesday, a three-judge panel with the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case of Shem Fischer, who claims he was the subject of religious discrimination when he was declared an "apostate" by then-FLDS leader Rulon Jeffs and forced out of his job when he protested the firing of another co-worker who was not an FLDS follower. At issue before the 10th Circuit is whether Fischer quit on his own accord or was fired from his employment with Forestwood cabinet company, based in Hildale. The difference will determine whether Fischer can pursue a suit against the FLDS-owned company based on religious discrimination

The judges pointed to taped recordings between Fischer and the company's owner in which Fischer was told he could not work at the company if he went against "Uncle Rulon." The panel said they felt those tape recordings contained direct evidence of discrimination that could be heard by a jury, in opposition to the district court's ruling. A ruling is expected from the 10th Circuit in the coming months. Outside of court, Stewart said Fischer was the only person who fell victim to the FLDS edict who decided to take legal action for religious discrimination.
 
Wendell Musser faithfullly served his prophet while he was on the run. He dutifully became a courier between Jeffs and several of Jeffs wives. He and his family lived in "secret homes" while being on a caretaker mission for said wives within a secret network designed to help Warren Jeffs elude authorities.

http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy634.html
Wendell Musser loyally served Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs — and paid for it with his family. He has filed a lawsuit against Jeffs in St. George's 5th District Court, accusing the polygamous sect leader of alienation of affection, interference with parental obligations, emotional distress and invasion of privacy. The lawsuit claims the stress of caring for the fugitive leader's wives took its toll. Occasionally, Musser would drink and was once arrested for DUI.

"That mistake was enough for the Prophet to separate Wendell from his family," Hoole wrote Within a few days of returning to Short Creek, Lyle further informed Wendell that since he did not have the priesthood, the Prophet has commanded that Vivian and Levi were no longer his," Hoole wrote. Musser began searching for his wife and son, going back to the Colorado homes — only to find them vacant. He has written a letter to Jeffs, who is being held in the Purgatory Jail, but it has gone unanswered. Vivian and Levi Musser's whereabouts remain a mystery, Hoole claims. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and makes new allegations that Jeffs held himself out to be a "false prophet."
 
mollymalone said:
JNJ Engineering over 4 years was awarded upwards of $11 million dollars in contracts with Clark County, the city and the water district. Despite not having any kind of license (required by law) for spraying herbicides or pesticides, or any background in wetlands work, JNJ Engineering landed a contract with Clark County much to their detriment, losing $500,000 to shoddy work.

http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy721.html
It appears Clark County is preparing to go to court against JNJ.
In Arizona, the company is under investigation by the Department of Labor for using minors on job sites.

One of the most recent contracts awarded to JNJ for restoring habitat at Clark County's Wetlands Park area. JNJ was to remove invasive tamarisk
trees and replace them with native trees and shrubs in what is an ecologically fragile park on the east side of the valley. However, instead of improving habitat, the county says JNJ killed hundreds of expensive trees that were raised just for this project. One estimate of the damage is more than $500,000. Inspectors say they often found JNJ employees sleeping in the bushes or in their trucks, driving vehicles that leaked oil onto the wetlands, pruning trees down to stumps. The most persistent problem was the application of an herbicide named Garlon. County inspectors repeatedly warned JHJ to stop spraying Garlon when temperatures exceed 80 degrees. They did it anyway, the county says, again and again. Now hundreds of trees and shrubs have been tagged for removal because they're dead or dying. An arborist hired by the county described the damage as egregious and incalculable.

Inspectors repeatedly complained about leaking irrigation pipes installed by JNJ. Jessop alleges his pipes were sabotaged by county workers. JNJ even called Metro to report it. The county responded by barring some of JNJ's employees from the site and discovered some used phony names.
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And just think.... another branch has some of our defense contracts! :eek:
 
http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy650.html

In December 2005, Jeffs called the couple on a "caretaker mission." They traveled to Colorado and spent seven months looking after some of Jeffs' wives as part of a secret network created to help the sect leader elude capture. Musser described it as a harrowing experience that involved shifting hideouts and the use of disguises, cell phones, satellite navigation systems and other tactics to avoid detection.

"he was told by his wife, Vivian Barlow, that she and their 22-month-old son are out of his life forever
He then spent the next 90 minutes describing his exhaustive search for them, professing his love and asking for a second chance. Barlow rebuked and denounced him - and even refused to let him hold Levi. She asked him to leave them alone. "I said I won't walk away and can't walk away from Levi," said Musser, 22. So, while the others watched he did his best to refute her claims that he had deserted them, that he was out for money or wanted to harm Jeffs. Musser explained tht he had sued the sect leader only to learn her whereabouts. Barlow told Musser that since they had never married legally he has no claims to Levi; he reminded her he is listed as the father on the boy's certificate. She turned to her father and asked "Is that true?" and he was just quiet." Musser, said. I told her there is no reason to hide from me or hide him. Musser said the meeting ended hastily after he asked that his attorney Grg Hoole be allowed to join them. At that point. Anthus Barlo, Vivian's father, dashed out of the building with his daughter and grandson.

But Musser said he won't give up his quest to be part of his son's life. For now, that means moving ahead with his lawsuit. Greg Hoole said that Musser has "always been clear he'll let Vivian make her own choice but, with respect to Levi, he has an unquestioned right to be with his son."
 
http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy669.html
Fifth District Judge James L. Shumate gave Jeffs one week to pave the way for Wendell Musser, a former caretaker for the sect leader, to re-establish a permanent relationship with his toddler son, Levi.

If there is no response from Jeffs, other leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or Vivian Barlow, the child's mother, Musser's attorneys will be allowed to interview Jeffs under oath on July 27.

They would also be able to begin assessing a $600-plus daily penalty against Jeffs' commissary account at the Purgatory Correctional Facility. That is the per-day cost of hiring a private detective to search for Levi and his mother. The judge said attorneys Roger and Greg Hoole, who represent Musser, may seek judgments against anyone else who continues to interfere with their client's parental rights. They could then have personal property, such as cell phones and vehicles, seized and sold at a sheriff's auction, the judge said. Shumate also said Musser could add others to his complaint, such as the FLDS church, and seek judgments against related holdings - such as the gated YFZ Ranch in Texas.
 
http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy673.html
When asked to identify the couple in a photograph, Jeffs "basically stopped answering questions," said Roger Hoole, who, with his brother Greg Hoole, represents Musser. "From that point on, he wouldn't answer any questions related to where Wendell's son is or how he could be located."

Hoole said Jeffs read a prepared statement that said he would not give answers because they might be self-incriminating.
 
http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy677.html
The estranged wife of an ex-member of the Fundamentalist LDS Church is wading into a lawsuit filed against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs.
A motion to intervene on behalf of Vivian Barlow was filed Friday in St. George's 5th District Court. It seeks to interject her into a lawsuit her estranged husband, Wendell Musser, has filed against Jeffs.

Musser's lawyer claims it's an attempt to divert pressure from Jeffs.
"It wasn't until the pressure was really on Warren that magically they've been able to get Vivian to come forward through a lawyer who has represented FLDS interests," attorney Roger Hoole told the Deseret Morning News late Friday.

Barlow is seeking sole custody of their son, 2-year-old Levi, claiming Musser is unfit for custody or unsupervised visits. She also asks for $250 per month in child support. The motion indicates she is living in Mohave County, Arizona, where many polygamists live.
 
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