POLYGAMIST WARREN JEFFS ARRESTED

Warren Steed Jeffs, the fugitive leader of a polygamist Mormon sect and one of the FBI's 10 most wanted, was arrested in a traffic stop outside Las Vegas, the Nevada Highway Patrol said on August 29, 2006. (UPI Photo/FBI/HO)

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Activist to be deposed in polygamy case

ELDORADO, Texas, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The lawyer for polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs says he will depose a former member of the sect about her links to the raid on their Texas compound.

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Utah awaits Texas hearing on YFZ evidence

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Utah prosecutors say their ability to press charges against a Texas polygamist sect will depend on results of a legal battle over search warrants involved.

Three polygamist sect members indicted

ELDORADO, Texas, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- A Texas grand jury indicted three more people belonging to a polygamist sect's ranch that authorities raided in April, sheriff's deputies said.

Three FLDS members indicted

ELDORADO, Texas, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A Texas grand jury investigating alleged crimes within a polygamous sect has indicted three people, a court clerk said.

Jeffs' alleged child bride taken from mom

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A teenage girl who was allegedly married to polygamist leader Warren Jeffs at 12 must return to state custody, a Texas judge ruled Tuesday.

Texas may charge more in polygamy inquiry

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Texas authorities could charge as many as 50 members of a breakaway Mormon group with bigamy, a Utah newspaper reported Tuesday.

Five polygamous sect followers surrender

AUSTIN, Texas, July 29 (UPI) -- Five members of a polygamous sect in Texas who were indicted with their leader have surrendered to face sexual assault charges, authorities said.

Reid: Polygamous groups are criminal gangs

WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- Polygamous groups are criminal gangs that commit welfare fraud and tax evasion as well as sexual abuse, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.

Officials take more DNA from sect family

CONVERSE, Texas, July 13 (UPI) -- Texas officials are working on building another criminal case against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, officials say.