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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Jeffs back in jail after hospital visit

KINGMAN, Ariz., July 10 (UPI) -- Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is back behind bars after spending a day at a Las Vegas hospital, officials said.

Polygamist seeks restraining order

ST. GEORGE, Utah, July 9 (UPI) -- A leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints has asked a Utah judge for a restraining order against a private detective hired by former members.

Polygamist Warren Jeffs hospitalized

LAS VEGAS, July 9 (UPI) -- Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was hospitalized in a Las Vegas facility, but police would not reveal why.

Lawyer for FLDS teen refuses to testify

SAN ANGELO, Texas, June 26 (UPI) -- A lawyer representing the teenage daughter of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs said she has refused to appear before a Texas grand jury.

Lawyer for FLDS teen alleges threat

SAN ANGELO, Texas, June 24 (UPI) -- A Texas lawyer representing the teenage daughter of jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs claims she has received death threats.

FLDS teen asks to dump attorney

SALT LAKE CITY, June 23 (UPI) -- A teenage daughter of polygamist Utah sect leader Warren Jeffs has moved to fire her attorney because she's being kept from seeing her father.

Polygamists urged to abjure child marriage

SALT LAKE CITY, June 19 (UPI) -- A coalition of law enforcement and social service agencies in Utah and polygamists is urging polygamist groups to promise to avoid child marriages.

Arizona charges against polygamist dropped

KINGMAN, Ariz., June 5 (UPI) -- Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has had four of eight charges against him dropped by an Arizona judge.

Polygamist linked to other underage cases

SAN ANGELO , Texas, May 30 (UPI) -- Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs faces new accusations related to child brides in a search warrant for his DNA, officials say.

Photos show Jeffs kissing underage girls

SAN ANGELO, Texas, May 28 (UPI) -- Texas officials have introduced pictures of polygamist Warren Jeffs kissing young girls as evidence in the battle over 400 children taken from Jeffs' group.

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